Mr.Steven Riess Weisbrod

Bank Risk and the Declining Franchise Value of the Banking Systems in the United States and Japan

This paper associates both the increase in risk taken by wholesale banks in the United States and the decline in earnings at wholesale banks in Japan ...

Financial Market Fragilities in Latin America

From Banking Crisis Resolution to Current Policy Challenges

This paper has two objectives: first, by reviewing the recent experience of five Latin American countries with the restructuring of their financial se...

Asset Price Inflation in the 1980's

A Flow of Funds Perspective

This paper examines how and why financial resources were channeled almost exclusively to specific asset markets in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the ...

Financial Fragilities in Latin America

The 1980s and 1990s

By reviewing the experiences of Latin American countries with the restructuring of their financial sectors since 1982, this paper derives lessons rega...