Barry Scholnick
Biographic Data
| ID | 5527422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barry Scholnick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barry |
| FAMILY NAME | Scholnick |
| SIGNATURE | SCHOLNICK B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-1057-2753 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The intersection of health and wealth
We found that regions with higher rates of AMI corresponded to those with higher levels of economic and financial stress, as indicated by personal bankruptcy rate, and vice-versa
Consumption Smoothing after the Final Mortgage Payment
We examine whether the magnitude of an anticipated income change affects consumption smoothing (the magnitude hypothesis). Although this hypothesis has been discussed for fifty years, we are one of the first to provide formal statistical evidence to support it. We consider the natural experiment of an individual's final mortgage payment, an anticipated income change, and examine how it affects credit card expenditure. We can identify causality be…
Regulation, Competition and Risk in the Market for Credit Cards
Contrasting proposals have recently emerged concerning the need to regulate the Canadian credit card market. The National Liberal Caucus Task Force on Financial Services recommended that interest-rate ceilings be imposed on credit cards in Canada, while the MacKay Commission on Financial Services described the credit card industry as being subject to increased competition, and did not recommend any such regulations. Based on evidence provided her…
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Regulation, Competition and Risk in the Market for Credit Cards
Contrasting proposals have recently emerged concerning the need to regulate the Canadian credit card market. The National Liberal Caucus Task Force on Financial Services recommended that interest-rate ceilings be imposed on credit cards in Canada, while the MacKay Commission on Financial Services described the credit card industry as being subject to increased competition, and did not recommend any such regulations. Based on evidence provided her…
Consumption Smoothing after the Final Mortgage Payment
We examine whether the magnitude of an anticipated income change affects consumption smoothing (the magnitude hypothesis). Although this hypothesis has been discussed for fifty years, we are one of the first to provide formal statistical evidence to support it. We consider the natural experiment of an individual's final mortgage payment, an anticipated income change, and examine how it affects credit card expenditure. We can identify causality be…
The intersection of health and wealth
We found that regions with higher rates of AMI corresponded to those with higher levels of economic and financial stress, as indicated by personal bankruptcy rate, and vice-versa
Finance (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (1 works) · Bankruptcy (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Biostatistics (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Business cycle (1 works) · Cardiology (1 works) · Causality (physics) (1 works)