Center for Financial Research
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The FDIC Academic Challenge is now open. All undergraduate students at U.S. colleges and universities are eligible to participate. See the Academic Challenge homepage for more details.
Key dates: November 12, 2020 is the second Q&A session; November 20, 2020 is the deadline for written submissions.
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The 10th Annual Consumer Research Symposium was held on October 16, 2020. Please see the symposium home page for the program and for other information about the event.
Careers at the CFR
We will be interviewing candidates for economist positions immediately following the 2021 ASSA meetings. Please see our JOE listing on the AEA website. For additional information.
CFR Working Paper Series - Most Recent Papers
Insurance Pricing, Distortions, and Moral Hazard: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Deposit Insurance
FDIC Center for Financial Research Working Paper No. 2020-08
George Shoukry
Interbank Networks in the Shadows of the Federal Reserve Act
FDIC Center for Financial Research Working Paper No. 2020-07
Haelim Anderson, Selman Erol, and Guillermo Ordoñez
New CFR Staff Studies Series - Most Recent Papers
FDIC Resolution Tasks and Approaches: A Comparison of the 1980 to 1994 and 2008 to 2013 Crises
FDIC CFR Staff Studies Report No. 2020-05
Lynn Shibut and George de Verges
Measurement of Small Business Lending Using Call Reports: Further Insights From the Small Business Lending Survey
FDIC CFR Staff Studies Report No. 2020-04
Jacob Goldston and Yan Y. Lee
Researchers at the Center for Financial Research
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