Contact Information
tara.n.rice@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Banking and Financial Institutions
Financial Markets

Education
Ph.D., Finance, Boston College, 2002
M.A., Economics, American University, 1995
B.A., International Relations, University of Denver, 1991

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2008-present
Financial Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2002-2008
Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University, Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, 2006-2008
Research Assistant, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1995-1997

Selected Publications

• ''Assessing a Decade of Interstate Bank Branching'' (with Christian Johnson), Washington and Lee Law Review, vol. 65 (March 2008), pp. 73-127.
• ''Against the Tide—Currency Use Among Latin American Immigrants in Chicago'' (with Carrie Jankowski and Richard D. Porter), Economic Perspectives, vol. 31 (April 2007), pp. 2-21.
• ''Noninterest Income and Financial Performance at U.S. Commercial Banks'' (with Robert DeYoung), Financial Review , vol. 39 (February 2004), pp. 101-127.
• ''Bank Runs and Banking Policies: Lessons for Policymakers'' (with Edward J. Kane), Journal of African Economies (June 2001), pp. 36-71.
• ''Commercial Banking Structure, Regulation and Performance: An International Comparison'' (with James R. Barth and Daniel E. Nolle), in Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, ed., Modernizing Financial Systems. New York: St. Martins Press, 2000.