Contact Information
202-452-2503
john.d.wolken@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Industrial Organization
Banking and Financial Institutions
Data Collection and Estimation Methodology

Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Southern California, 1976
M.A., Economics, University of Southern California, 1973
B.A., Mathematics, University of Southern California, 1968

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1982-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Florida, 1985-1985
Senior Financial Economist, National Credit Union Administration, 1979-1982
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, 1976-1979
Instructor/Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California, 1973-1976

Selected Publications

• ''Alternative Methods of Unit Nonresponse Weighting Adjustments: An Application from the 2003 Survey of Small Business Finances'' (with Lieu N. Hazelwood and Traci L. Mach), Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Establishment Surveys (ICES III) (forthcoming).
• ''Determining Subsampling Rates for Nonrespondents'' (with Janella Chapline, Rachel Harter, and Traci Mach), Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Establishment Surveys (ICES III) (forthcoming).
• ''Financial Services Used by Small Businesses: Evidence from the 2003 Survey of Small Business Finances'' (with Traci Mach), Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 92 ( 2006), pp. A167-95.
• ''Small Business Loan Turndowns, Personal Wealth and Discrimination'' (with Ken Cavalluzzo), Journal of Business, vol. 78 (November 2005), pp. 2153-77.
• ''Competition, Small Business Financing, and Discrimination: Evidence from a New Survey'' (with Ken Cavalluzzo and Linda Cavalluzzo), Journal of Business, vol. 75 (October 2002), pp. 641-81.
• ''Financial Services Used by Small Businesses: Evidence from the 1998 Survey of Small Business Finances'' (with Marianne P. Bitler and Alicia M. Robb), Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 87 (April 2001), pp. 183-205.
• ''How Important are Small Banks to Small Business Lending? New Evidence from a Survey of Small Firams'' (with J. Jayaratne), Journal of Banking and Finance, vol. 23 (1999).
• ''Market Definition and the Analysis of Antitrust in Banking'' (with Myron L. Kwast and Martha Starr-McCluer), The Antitrust Bulletin (Winter 1997).
• ''Bank and Nonbank Competition for Small Business Credit: Evidence from the 1987 and 1993 National Surveys of Small Business Finances'' (with Rebel A. Cole and R. Louise Woodburn), Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 82 (November 1996).
• ''Small Business Clustering and the Definition of Banking Markets for Antitrust Markets'' (with Gregory E. Elliehausen), The Antitrust Bulletin (Fall 1990).