James B. Thomson
PhD, Vice President and Economist, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Lecturer, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Vice President and Economist, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, PO Box 6387, Cleveland, OH, 44101-1387.
Lecturer, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
PhD and MA in Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
BS in Economics with High Honors, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Professional affiliations: American Finance Association, Financial Management Association.
Research Interests: Financial Markets and Institutions, Historical Banking, Federal Deposit Insurance, Bank Structure and Capital Regulation, Government-Sponsored Enterprises, Small Business Lending, Credit Spreads.
Selected Publications:
SBA-Loan Guarantees and Local Economic Growth (with B. Craig and W. Jackson III), Journal of Small Business Management (2007 forthcoming).
On Credit Spread Slopes and Predicting Bank Risk (with C. N. V. Krishnan and P. Ritchken), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 38 (September 2006), 1545-1574.
Monitoring and Controlling Bank Risk: Does Risky Debt Serve any Purpose? (with C.N.V. Krishnan and P. Ritchken), Journal of Finance 60 (February 2005), 343-378.
Anticipating Bailouts: The Incentive-Conflict Model and the Collapse of the Ohio Deposit Guarantee Fund, (with R. DeGennaro) Journal of Banking and Finance 19 (November 1995), 1401-1418.
On Flexibility, Capital Structure and Investment Decisions for the Insured Bank, (with P. Ritchken, R. DeGennaro, and A. Li) Journal of Banking and Finance 17 (December 1993), 1133-1146.
Troubled Savings and Loan Institutions: Turnaround Strategies Under Insolvency, (with R. DeGennaro and L. Lang) Financial Management 22 (Autumn 1993), 163-175.
Errors in Recorded Security Prices and the Turn-of-the-Year Effect, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 24 (December 1989), 513-526.
The Use of Market Information in Pricing Deposit Insurance, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 19 (November 1987), 528-537.
Lecturer, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
PhD and MA in Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
BS in Economics with High Honors, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Professional affiliations: American Finance Association, Financial Management Association.
Research Interests: Financial Markets and Institutions, Historical Banking, Federal Deposit Insurance, Bank Structure and Capital Regulation, Government-Sponsored Enterprises, Small Business Lending, Credit Spreads.
Selected Publications:
SBA-Loan Guarantees and Local Economic Growth (with B. Craig and W. Jackson III), Journal of Small Business Management (2007 forthcoming).
On Credit Spread Slopes and Predicting Bank Risk (with C. N. V. Krishnan and P. Ritchken), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 38 (September 2006), 1545-1574.
Monitoring and Controlling Bank Risk: Does Risky Debt Serve any Purpose? (with C.N.V. Krishnan and P. Ritchken), Journal of Finance 60 (February 2005), 343-378.
Anticipating Bailouts: The Incentive-Conflict Model and the Collapse of the Ohio Deposit Guarantee Fund, (with R. DeGennaro) Journal of Banking and Finance 19 (November 1995), 1401-1418.
On Flexibility, Capital Structure and Investment Decisions for the Insured Bank, (with P. Ritchken, R. DeGennaro, and A. Li) Journal of Banking and Finance 17 (December 1993), 1133-1146.
Troubled Savings and Loan Institutions: Turnaround Strategies Under Insolvency, (with R. DeGennaro and L. Lang) Financial Management 22 (Autumn 1993), 163-175.
Errors in Recorded Security Prices and the Turn-of-the-Year Effect, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 24 (December 1989), 513-526.
The Use of Market Information in Pricing Deposit Insurance, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 19 (November 1987), 528-537.

