Banking and Financial Services Issues
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Newsletters
RAND regularly sends newsletters to update Congress on highlights of recent work about Banking and Financial Services issues.
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Testimony
July 25, 2006
Analyzing Terrorism Risk
Written testimony submitted to the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
March 19, 1997
Effects of an Auto-Choice Automobile Insurance Plan on Costs and Premiums
Testimony presented to the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress.
Briefings
For more information on these and other Congressional briefings, contact the Office of Congressional Relations.
Unique Educational Games for Financial Literacy
Presented by Timothy Flacke and Nick Maynard
November 8, 2010
1:00-2:00pm
2220 Rayburn House Office Building
U.S.-U.K. Conference on Behavioral Finance and Public Policy
May 1, 2009
8:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
2220 Rayburn House Office Building
Investor Choices and Financial Literacy
Presented by Joanne Yoong and Angela Hung
February 9, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2220 Rayburn House Office Building
February 9, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2220 Rayburn House Office Building
How Does Sarbanes-Oxley Affect Firms' Decisions to Stay in the Public Market or Go Private?
Presented by Pinar Karaca-Mandic
February 25, 2008
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
304 Cannon House Office Building
Regulating Senior Drivers: Are New Policies Needed?
Presented by Seth Seabury
October 25, 2007
10 a.m. — 11:00 a.m.
304 Cannon House Office Building
Assessing Policy Options for Renewing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
Presented by Lloyd Dixon and Robert Lempert
July 9, 2007
3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
2220 Rayburn House Office Building
Managing Economic Risk in the Age of Terror: The Role of Government in the Private Insurance Market
Presented by Dr. Lloyd Dixon
May 21, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Maritime Terrorism: Threat, Consequences, and Liability
Presented by Henry Willis
October 16, 2006
12:00 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
B-369 Rayburn House Office Building
Trends in Terrorism and the Architecture of TRIA
Presented by Peter Chalk and Robert Reville
June 17, 2005
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
2226 Rayburn House Office Building
Compensating Individuals and Businesses After the 9/11 Attacks: What Have We Learned?
Presented by Lloyd Dixon
November 8, 2004
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
2237 Rayburn House Office Building
Fact Sheet
The following fact sheet encapsulates selected RAND publications, creating quick and easy references on a variety of banking and financial services policy issues.
Private Insurers Play a Limited, but Key, Role in Underwriting Residential Flood Insurance — Jun. 21, 2007
Publication Profiles
The following PDF publication profiles list relevant research studies in various areas of public policy interest, creating a quick and easy reference guide of research in that area.



