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James Wilcox

James A. Wilcox

James J. and Marianne B. Lowery Chair in Business
Chair, Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group
Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group
Haas Finance Group
510-642-2455
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Academic Status: On duty
Office Hours: None
Personal Homepage: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/finance/wilcox.html
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)
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Education

BA, Economics and History, Binghamton University
PhD, Economics, Northwestern University


Positions Held

At Haas since 1978
2009 - present, James J. and Marianne B. Lowery Chair in Business
1978 - present, Professor, Haas School of Business
1999 - 2001, Chief Economist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, DC
1995 - 1997, Chair, Finance Group, Haas School of Business 
1991 - 1992, Economist, Federal Reserve Board
1990 - 1991, Senior Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers


External Service and Assignments

  • Member, Advisory Board: North American Economics and Finance Association
  • Treasurer and Member, Board of Directors, Cal State 9 Credit Union
  • Economic and financial consulting

Current Research and Interests

  • Banking: mergers and acquisitions, cost reductions by consolidation, lending and bank capital, effects of economic conditions on banks, small business and banking
  • Business conditions: Federal Reserve monetary policy and interest rates, unemployment and inflation, consumer spending, outlook for the economy
  • Conversions: mutual-to-stock conversions of financial institutions, credit union failures and losses, credit union cost and profit performance

Selected Papers and Publications

  • "Bank Safety and Soundness and the Structure of Bank Supervision: A Cross-Country Analysis," with James R. Barth, Luis G. Dopico, and Daniel E. Nolle. International Review of Finance 3, no. 3 & 4 (2002): 163-188.
  • "The Increasing Integration and Competition of Financial Institutions and of Financial Regulation" in vol. 22 of Research in Finance, edited by Andrew H. Chen, 215-238. Elsevier Press, 2005.
  • "Failures and Insurance Losses of Federally-Insured Credit Unions: 1971-2004," 7-111. Madision, WI: Filene Research Institute and the Center for Credit Union Research, 2005.
  • "Credit Union Conversions to Banks: Facts, Incentives, Issues and Reforms," 1-104. Madison, WI: Filene Research Institute, 2006.
  • "Housing, Credit Constraints, and Macro Stability: The Secondary Mortgage Market and Reduced Cyclicality of Redisential Investment," with Joe Peek. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 96, no. 2 (May 2006): 135-140.

Teaching

  • Macroeconomics, UGBA 101B

Honors and Awards

  • Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1997
  • Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1995
  • Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1987



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