BABC 04-1: This paper examines the nexus between the utilization of basic financial services, ownership of a transaction account, the creation and use of credit records…
Despite an unprecedented boom in homeownership that added seven million net new owners between 1994 and 1999 and drove the homeownership rate nearly three percentage points…
W01-9: As metropolitan areas sprawl to greater and greater distances from traditional city centers, smart growth has captured the attention of the press, electorate, and…
Eric Belsky, Michael Schill, Anthony Yezer
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August 25, 2001
This analysis considers the extent to which the Community Reinvestment Act has led institutions under its authority to increase the number of home purchase mortgage loans to…
Eric Belsky, Mark Calabria, Alfred Nucci
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March 30, 2001
W01-5: This paper presents preliminary results on the survival, dissolution, and growth patterns of residential remodeling establishments located in metropolitan areas…
Eric Belsky, Matthew Lambert, Alexander von Hoffman
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August 30, 2000
This report summarizes the information and opinions gleaned from these discussion groups. It is part of a larger study of the effectiveness of the CRA undertaken by the Joint…
Robert Litan, Nicolas Retsinas, Eric Belsky, Susan White Haag
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April 20, 2000
In November 1999, President Clinton signed into law financial modernization legislation (referred to herein as the Financial Modernization Act (FMA)), perhaps the most…
J. Michael Collins, Eric Belsky, Micky Tripathi
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July 15, 1999
W99-7: This paper provides a step-by-step approach to understanding and estimating the economic benefits of helping lower-income households buy and own their first home…
James Hammitt, Eric Belsky, Jonathan Levy, John Graham
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March 1, 1999
W99-1: Residential building codes intended to promote health and safety may produce unintended countervailing risks by adding to the cost of construction. Higher…