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Education | Research and Professional Interests | Experience | Memberships | Awards | Recent Courses Taught | Selected Presentations | Selected Publications
EducationPhD, University of Tennessee 1994, Finance
MBA, University of Tennessee 1994, Finance
MA, University of Delaware 1988, Economics
BA, University of Maryland Baltimore County 1986, Economics and Political Science
Research and Professional Interestsbanking, mortgage finance, bank regulation and community development
Experience2007-current, Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, Va.
2005-present, Associate Professor, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, University of Delaware
1994-2005, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware
1997-1998, Visiting Scholar, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.
1988-1989, Research Assistant, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
MembershipsEastern Finance Association
Financial Management Association
AwardsMacArthur Foundation Grant Recipient
Recent Courses TaughtPublic Financial Management
Public Economics
Economic Development Finance
Selected PresentationsInvited panelist, Mortgage Foreclosure Forum, Hampton University, 2008.
Invited panelist, Mortgage Foreclosure Forum, Longwood University, 2008.
Invited panelis, Recovery|Renewal and Rebuilding: Re-Engineering the Real Estate Market, Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Richmond, Atlanta, Georgia 2008.
Invited panelist, Subprime Forum: Beyond Mortgages, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2008.
“The Value of Consolidation: Evidence from Thrift Reaction to Bank Legislation,” presented at the 2008 Eastern Finance Association Meetings, Sarasota, Fla.
Brown Bag Presentation on the History, Research and Policy Implications of the Community Reinvestment Act, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 2007.
“CRA Agreements and Small Business Lending: Is There a ‘there’ There?” with Raphael W. Bostic, presented at the 2006 Financial Management Association Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah.
“CRA Agreements and Small Business Lending: Is There a “there” There?” with Raphael W. Bostic, presented at the 2006 Bank Structure Conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in Chicago, Ill.
“Community Banking and Mortgage Credit Availability: The Impact of CRA Agreements,” with Raphael W. Bostic, presented at the 2004 Bank Structure Conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in Chicago, Ill.
“What Makes CRA Agreements Work? A Study of Lender Responses to CRA Agreements,” with Raphael W. Bostic, presented at the 2003 Federal Reserve System’s Community Development Conference in Washington, D.C.
Selected Publications“What Makes CRA Agreements Work? A Study of Lender Responses to CRA Agreements,” with Raphael W. Bostic, Housing Policy Debate, Volume 16, Issue 3&4, 2005.
“The Impact of CRA Agreements on Community Banks,” with Raphael W. Bostic, Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 28, Issue 12, 2004.
“Do CRA Agreements Influence Lending Patterns?” with Raphael W. Bostic, Real Estate Economics (formerly AREUEA), Volume 31, Issue 1, 2003.
“Is Race an Important Factor in Bank – Customer Preferences? The Case of Mortgage Lending” with Harold A. Black, Alan Schlottmann and Robert L. Schweitzer, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Volume 26, Issue 1, 2003 (lead article).
“Disparities in Mortgage Lending, Bank Performance, Economic Influence and Regulatory Oversight,” with Keith D. Harvey, M. Cary Collins and Peter Nigro, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Volume XXIII, Number 3, 2001.
