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Bank credit standards
Berlin, Mitchell (2009-04)
Banks' lending standards at times seem too stringent and at other times too lax. The pattern seems to indicate that banks lend more easily in good times but tighten credit standards in lean times. But such a lending pattern may also be attributable to changes in borrowers' default risk over the business cycle or changes in the demand for loans, which rises and falls with GDP. Is there a systematic reason why banks might be too lax or too stringent in their lending? Economists have proposed a number of models to explain a bank lending cycle, including changes in bank capital, competition, or ...
Business Review , Issue Q2 , Pages 1-10

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Has suburbanization diminished the importance of access to Center City?
Voith, Richard (2000-05)
Nine years ago, the Business Review examined the role that access to Center City Philadelphia played in people's choices about where to live and how to commute. Using 1980 census data, that analysis concluded that access to Center City by both car and public transportation shaped people's choices in important ways. But since 1980, the Philadelphia metropolitan area has undergone a great deal of change, including a decentralization of both population and employment. In this article, Dick Voith revisits the questions first posed almost a decade ago to see how employment and population shifts ...
Business Review , Issue May , Pages 17-29

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Trade deficits and the dollar: a macroeconomic perspective
Meyer, Stephen A. (1986-09)
Business Review , Issue Sep , Pages 15-25

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Is the personal bankruptcy system bankrupt?
Mester, Loretta J. (2002-01)
Loretta Mester outlines the components of reform proposals. She then looks at the empirical research on personal bankruptcy to evaluate the rationale for reforming the system and the effectiveness of proposed changes. ; Also issued as Payment Cards Center Discussion Paper No. 02-02
Business Review , Issue Q1 , Pages 31-44

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Does lower unemployment reduce poverty?
DeFina, Robert H. (2002-07)
In "Does Lower Unemployment Reduce Poverty?" Bob DeFina considers the link between unemployment and poverty. How strong the link is depends critically on how we measure poverty. During the past two decades, researchers have identified numerous shortcomings in the government's official procedures for determining the extent of poverty. DeFina presents empirical evidence that improved measures of poverty are less strongly related to changes in unemployment than the headcount rate, the government's official measure.>
Business Review , Issue Q3 , Pages 34-41

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The productivity perplex: a concern for the supply side
Hannan, Timothy H. (1980-03)
Business Review , Issue Mar , Pages 7-17

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Smart money or dumb money: investors' role in the housing bubble
Li, Wenli (2015-01)
To explain the historic housing boom and bust, most analysis has identified easy credit in the form of low interest rates, subprime mortgages, and relaxed qualifications for borrowers. But as Wenli Li explains, recent research suggests an additional factor: real estate speculation.
Business Review , Issue Q1 , Pages 21-26

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Banking trends: how our region differs
DiSalvo, James; Johnston, Ryan (2015-07)
Small banks headquartered in the tristate area differ from small banks in other regions of the country in some puzzling ways. What regional market forces are bankers here responding to? James DiSalvo and Ryan Johnston narrow down the possibilities.
Business Review , Issue Q3 , Pages 16-22

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A personal consumption tax: can it break the capital formation deadlock?
Seidman, Laurence S. (1981-01)
Business Review , Issue Jan/Feb , Pages 3-9

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Commentary: The McFadden Act: is change in the making?
Boehne, Edward G. (1979-07)
Business Review , Issue Jul , Pages 3-5

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