68th International Atlantic Economic Conference

October 08 - 11, 2009 | Boston, USA

G20-1 Financial Institutions and Services

Friday, October 9, 2009: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Chair:
Michael Jacobs Jr., Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—USA
Asset Allocation of Dutch Insurers
Leonard De Haan, De Nederlandsche Bank—Netherlands; Jan I. Kakes, De Nederlandsche Bank—Netherlands
Parliamentary Election Cycles and the Turkish Banking Sector
Mustafa Caglayan, University of Sheffield—United Kingdom; Christopher F. Baum, Boston College—USA; Oleksandr Talavera, The Robert Gordon University—United Kingdom
Comparing Genetic Algorithms vs. Statistical Tools to Selected Variables for a Bond Rating
David T. Cadden, Quinnipiac University—USA; Vincent Driscoll, Quinnipiac University—USA; Mark Thompson, Quinnipiac University—USA
From Search to Match: When Loan Contracts are Too Long
Christophe P. Chamley, Boston University—USA
Home Ownership and Mortgage Debt
Nick Horsewood, University of Birmingham—United Kingdom; John Doling, University of Birmingham—United Kingdom
Efficient Recapitalization
Thomas Philippon, New York University-Stern—USA; Philipp Schnabl, New York University-Stern—USA
Discussant:
Michael Jacobs Jr., Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—USA