Monetary Affairs Staff | Monetary and Financial Stability Section
Mark A. Carlson
Economist
Monetary and Financial Stability Section
Division of Monetary Affairs
Contact Information
202-452-3987
mark.a.carlson@frb.gov
Fields of Interest
Banking and Financial Institutions
Economic History
Monetary Policy
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
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''Branch Banking as a Device for Discipline: Competition and Bank Survivorship during the Great Depression''
(with Kris James Mitchener),
Journal of Poltical Economy, vol. 117
(April 2009), pp. 165-210.
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Distress in the Financial Sector and Economic Activity
(with Thomas B. King and Kurt F. Lewis),
Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2008-43. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2008.
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Alternatives for Distressed Banks and the Panics of the Great Depression,
Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2008-07. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2008.
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Market Conditions and Hedge Fund Survival
(with Jason Steinman),
Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2008-28. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2008.
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A Brief History of the 1987 Stock Market Crash with a Discussion of the Federal Reserve Response,
Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-13. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007.
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''Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2006''
(with Gretchen Weinbach),
Federal Reserve Bulletin,
vol. 93 (July 2007), pp. A37-A71.
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''Branch Banking, Bank Competition, and Financial Stability''
(with Kris James Mitchener),
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, vol. 38
(August 2006), pp. 1293-1328.
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''Rating Agencies and Sovereign Debt Rollover''
(with Galina Hale),
Topics in Macroeconomics, vol. 6
(2006).
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''Causes of Bank Suspensions in the Panic of 1893,''
Explorations in Economic History, vol. 42
(2005), pp. 56-80.
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''Are Branch Banks Better Survivors? Evidence from the Depression Era,''
Economic Inquiry, vol. 42
(January 2004), pp. 111-126.
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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.
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