Contact Information
202-452-3987
mark.a.carlson@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Banking and Financial Institutions
Economic History

Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 2001
B.S., Economics, University of Minnesota, 1996

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2001-present

Selected Publications

• ''Branch Banking, Bank Competition, and Financial Stability'' (with Kris James Mitchener), Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, vol. 38 (August 2006), pp. 1293-1328.
• ''Rating Agencies and Sovereign Debt Rollover'' (with Galina Hale), Topics in Macroeconomics, vol. 6 (2006).
• ''Causes of Bank Suspensions in the Panic of 1893,'' Explorations in Economic History, vol. 42 (2005), pp. 56-80.
• ''Are Branch Banks Better Survivors? Evidence from the Depression Era,'' Economic Inquiry, vol. 42 (January 2004), pp. 111-126.
• ''Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2003'' (with Roberto Perli), Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 90 (Spring 2004), pp. 162-192.
• Determinants and Repercussions of the Composition of Capital Inflows (with Leonardo Hernandez), International Finance Discussion Papers 717. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2002.
• ''Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2001'' (with William F. Bassett), Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 88 (June 2002), pp. 259-288.