Conference Paper
Does Small Business Administration guaranteed lending improve economic performance in lowincome areas?
Craig, Ben R.; Thompson, James B.; Adams, William James (2006-07)
Proceedings: Community Affairs Dept. Conferences , Issue Jul , Pages 55-85

Working Paper
Public policy in support of small business: the American experience
Craig, Ben R.; Jackson, William E.; Thompson, James B. (2011)
Information problems in small enterprise credit markets can result in a market equilibrium characterized by credit rationing. These information problems are potentially more severe during sharp economic downturns such as the recent Great Recession. Government interventions to alleviate credit constraints on small firms need to be designed to correct the specific market failure resulting in socially suboptimal credit flows. We argue that Small Business Administration loan guarantees are a potentially appropriate intervention and provide a review of empirical research that supports our ...
Working Papers (Old Series) , Paper 1116

Working Paper
The changing role of banks and the changing value of deposit guarantees
Thompson, James B.; Popova, Ivilina; Ritchken, Peter H. (1995)
Using a model for pricing deposit guarantees that treats the bank's investments as a portfolio of default-free bonds and risky loans, the authors push back uncertainty to the level of the borrowing firm and thus are able to explore how factors like firm leverage, loan maturity, and correlation effects between the firm's assets and interest rates affect the value of deposit guarantees.
Working Papers (Old Series) , Paper 9502