Public Policy Studies

A series of research studies on consumer and community development topics related to the consumer laws and regulations. The series is primarily aimed toward policy makers, financial institutions, community leaders, community development practitioners, government agencies, and scholars seeking to shape public policy by utilizing information drawn from empirical investigations and analyses.

2001

CCA-2001-2
Currency Exchange Use and the Unbanked: An Empirical Analysis (PDF,94KB)
Sherrie L.W. Rhine, William H. Greene, Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Jeanne M. Hogarth

CCA-2001-1
The Role of Alternate Financial Service Providers in Serving LMI Neighborhoods (PDF,79KB)
Sherrie L.W. Rhine, William H. Greene, Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Jeanne M. Hogarth

2000

CCA-2000-7
Delivery of Financial Literacy Programs (PDF,92KB)
Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Sherrie L.W. Rhine

CCA-2000-6
Ethnic Immigrant Enclaves and Home Ownership: A Case Study of an Urban Hispanic Community (PDF,130KB)
Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Sherrie L.W. Rhine

CCA-2000-5
The Homeownership and Financing Experience in Two Chicago Minority Neighborhoods (PDF,206KB)
Sherrie L.W. Rhine and Maude Toussaint-Comeau

CCA-2000-4
Increasing Participation in Mainstream Financial Markets by Black Households (PDF,94KB)
Sherrie L.W. Rhine and Maude Toussaint-Comeau

CCA-2000-3
Home Mortgage Lending by Applicant Race/Ethnicity: Do HMDA Figures Provide a Distorted Picture? (PDF,136KB)
Paul Huck

CCA-2000-2
Small Business Access to Trade Credit: Some Evidence of Ethnic Differences (PDF,187KB)
Daniel Aaronson, Paul Huck, and Robert Townsend

CCA-2000-1
Access to Credit and Financial Services Among Black Households (PDF,95KB)
Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Sherrie L.W. Rhine