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John A. Weinberg

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Research Interests

My research interests include contract theory, financial intermediation, and industrial organization. My recent work has focused on resource allocation in networks and the organization of the payments system.

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Professional Experience

John Weinberg is senior vice president and research director of the Research Department. He worked at Applied Management Sciences in Silver Spring, Md., and held a faculty position at Purdue University before joining the Richmond Fed in 1992. Weinberg was promoted to associate research officer in June 1996, research officer in 1998, vice president in 2000, and research director in 2005. A Cleveland native, Weinberg is the author of numerous papers and publications on economics.

Education

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1987
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1979

“Payment Economics: Studying the Mechanics of Exchange” (with Jeffrey M. Lacker). Journal of Monetary Economics 50, no. 2 (March 2003): 381-387.

“Incentives, Communication, and Payment Instruments” (with Edward S. Prescott). Journal of Monetary Economics 50, no. 2 (March 2003): 433-454.

“Firm-Specific Learning and the Investment Behavior of Large and Small Firms” (with Wenli Li). International Economic Review 44, no. 2 (May 2003): 599-625.

“How Large is the Federal Financial Safety Net?” (with John R. Walter). CATO Journal 21, no. 3 (Winter 2002): 369-394.

“The Pricing of Interbank Payment Services in a Changing Competitive Environment.” Monetary and Economic Studies 19, no. 3 (November 2001): 97-111.

“Coalition-Proof Allocations in Adverse-Selection Economies” (with Jeffrey M. Lacker). Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory 24, no. 1 (June 1999): 5-17.

“Comment on Financial Fragility with Rational and Irrational Exuberance.” Journal of Money, Credit & Banking 31, no. 3 (August 1999): 563-567.

"Private Information and Inventive Activity." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 24, no. 1 (June 1994): 71-90.

“A Coalition Proof Equilibrium for a Private Information Credit Economy” (with Jeffrey M. Lacker). Economic Theory 3, no. 2 (April 1993): 279-296.

“Exclusionary Practices and Technological Competition.” Journal of Industrial Economics 40, no. 2 (June 1992): 135-146.

“Incentive Compatible Financial Contracts, Asset Prices, and the Value of Control” (with Jeffrey M. Lacker and Robert J. Levy). Journal of Financial Intermediation 1, no. 1 (March 1990): 31-56.

“Optimal Contracts under Costly State Falsification” (with Jeffrey M. Lacker). Journal of Political Economy 97, no. 6 (December 1989): 1345-1363.