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Working Papers

2025

1. A Tale of Two Tightenings
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

2023

2. The Transmission of Negative Nominal Interest Rates in Finland
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (1)
   Also in Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers, Bank of Finland (2023) View citations (1)

2019

3. Complexity of Global Banks and their Foreign Operation in Hong Kong
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (3)
4. Tracking Financial Fragility
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (1)

2015

5. The International Transmission of Shocks: Foreign Bank Branches in Hong Kong during Crises
   Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research View citations (1)
   Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2014) View citations (1)

2013

6. The Impact of Reserves Practices on Bank Opacity
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article THE IMPACT OF RESERVES PRACTICES ON BANK OPACITY, Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions (JFMMI), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2022) (2022)

2010

7. Financial crisis and bank lending
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (8)
8. The 2007-09 financial crisis and bank opaqueness
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (6)

2006

9. Safe and Sound Banking, 20 Years Later: What Was Proposed and What Has Been Adopted
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (3)

2004

10. Financial Contracting and the Choice between Private Placement and Publicly Offered Bonds
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Financial Contracting and the Choice between Private Placement and Publicly Offered Bonds, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing (2010) View citations (5) (2010)
11. Testing the Strong Form of Market Discipline: The Effects of Public Market Signals on Bank Risk
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (5)

2002

12. Impact of Deposit Rate Deregulation in Hong Kong on the Market Value of Commercial Banks
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
    Also in Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (2000)
    See also Journal Article Impact of deposit rate deregulation in Hong Kong on the market value of commercial banks, Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier (2003) View citations (6) (2003)
13. Operating Performance of Banks Among Asian Economies: An International and Time Series Comparison
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (2002) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Operating performance of banks among Asian economies: An international and time series comparison, Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier (2003) View citations (48) (2003)
14. The X-Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Hong Kong
    Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research View citations (6)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2001)
    See also Journal Article The X-efficiency of commercial banks in Hong Kong, Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier (2006) View citations (51) (2006)

1999

15. Hidden cost reductions in bank mergers: accounting for more productive banks
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (8)
    Also in Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1999)
16. Market evidence on the opaqueness of banking firms' assets
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (10)
    Also in Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1997) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Market evidence on the opaqueness of banking firms' assets, Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (168) (2004)
17. The informativeness of stochastic frontier and programming frontier efficiency scores: Cost efficiency and other measures of bank holding company performance
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (45)

1998

18. Securities activities by commercial banking firms' Section 20 subsidiaries: risk, return and diversification benefits
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (22)
    Also in Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1998) View citations (8)

1995

19. An analysis of inefficiencies in banking: a stochastic cost frontier approach
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (10)
    Also in Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1995) View citations (17)
20. Bank Risk, Capitalization and Inefficiency
    Center for Financial Institutions Working Papers, Wharton School Center for Financial Institutions, University of Pennsylvania View citations (10)
21. The role of private placement debt issues in corporate finance
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (5)
22. The temporal relationship between individual stocks and individual bonds
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

1994

23. The certification value of bank loans
    Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (1)

1991

24. Risk taking behavior of banking firms
    Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. The international transmission of shocks through the lens of foreign banks in Hong Kong
   Journal of International Money and Finance, 2024, 142, (C) View citations (1)

2022

2. THE IMPACT OF RESERVES PRACTICES ON BANK OPACITY
   Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions (JFMMI), 2022, 10, (01), 1-26
   See also Working Paper The Impact of Reserves Practices on Bank Opacity, Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2018

3. Financial Stability and Resolution of Federal Reserve Goal and Implementation Conflicts
   Journal of Financial Services Research, 2018, 53, (2), 163-178 View citations (3)

2013

4. The 2007–2009 financial crisis and bank opaqueness
   Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2013, 22, (1), 55-84 View citations (78)

2010

5. Financial Contracting and the Choice between Private Placement and Publicly Offered Bonds
   Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2010, 42, (5), 907-929 View citations (5)
   Also in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2010, 42, (5), 907-929 (2010) View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Financial Contracting and the Choice between Private Placement and Publicly Offered Bonds, Working Paper Series (2004) View citations (11) (2004)

2006

6. The X-efficiency of commercial banks in Hong Kong
   Journal of Banking & Finance, 2006, 30, (4), 1127-1147 View citations (51)
   See also Working Paper The X-Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Hong Kong, Working Papers (2002) View citations (6) (2002)

2004

7. Market evidence on the opaqueness of banking firms' assets
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2004, 71, (3), 419-460 View citations (168)
   See also Working Paper Market evidence on the opaqueness of banking firms' assets, Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory (1999) View citations (10) (1999)

2003

8. Impact of deposit rate deregulation in Hong Kong on the market value of commercial banks
   Journal of Banking & Finance, 2003, 27, (12), 2231-2248 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Impact of Deposit Rate Deregulation in Hong Kong on the Market Value of Commercial Banks, Working Paper Series (2002) (2002)
9. Operating performance of banks among Asian economies: An international and time series comparison
   Journal of Banking & Finance, 2003, 27, (3), 471-489 View citations (48)
   See also Working Paper Operating Performance of Banks Among Asian Economies: An International and Time Series Comparison, Working Paper Series (2002) View citations (2) (2002)

1999

10. Comments on “Trends in Organizational Form and Their Relationship to Performance: The Case of Foreign Securities Subsidiaries of U.S. Banking Organizations”
    Journal of Financial Services Research, 1999, 16, (2), 219-221
11. Financial Modernization and Regulation
    Journal of Financial Services Research, 1999, 16, (2), 95-100 View citations (3)

1997

12. Bank Risk, Capitalization, and Operating Efficiency
    Journal of Financial Services Research, 1997, 12, (2), 117-131 View citations (200)

1996

13. Firm-specific information and the correlation between individual stocks and bonds
    Journal of Financial Economics, 1996, 40, (1), 63-80 View citations (163)

1995

14. An analysis of inefficiencies in banking
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 1995, 19, (3-4), 733-734 View citations (22)