Banking and Financial Services Issues

This page offers an easy way for policymakers to access banking and financial services research and analysis that is relevant to current Congressional agendas. For more in-depth information, visit the Law and Business Research Area. For additional information, to request documents, or to arrange a briefing, contact the RAND Office of Congressional Relations at ocr@rand.org or (703) 413-1100 x5395.

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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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Banking and Financial Services newsletters

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Testimony

July 25, 2006
Analyzing Terrorism Risk

Henry H. Willis

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

Stephen J. Carroll

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

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.

Highlights of RAND Research on Banking and Financial Services Issues

Highlights of RAND Research on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA)

Australia Has Considerable Expertise in Submarine Design, but Gaps Still Exist — Dec 15, 2011

The Royal Australian Navy intends to acquire 12 new submarines to replace its Collins-class vessels. RAND assessed the domestic engineering and design skills that Australian industry and government will need to design the new submarine, identified the skills they currently possess, and evaluated how to fill any gaps between the two.

Is Publicly Funded R&D Investment the Best Way Out of the European Financial Crisis? — Nov 29, 2011

Publicly funded R&D investment is a coherent policy to support long term economic growth. Our only note of caution is about how far and how fast that growth can be delivered because the evidence we have is out of date and skewed towards the experience of just one country, write Jonathan Grant and Jon Sussex.

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