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Robert F. Sarama

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Ohio State University, 2010
  • M.A., Economics, Ohio State University, 2006
  • B.S., Economics, Louisiana State University, 2005
Current Research Topics
  • Real Estate Finance, Housing Markets
  • Bank Stress Testing, Bank Responses to Regulation
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2011 - present
  • Financial Economist

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    2010 - 2011
  • The Effect of the Current Expected Credit Loss Standard (CECL) on the Timing and Comparability of Reserves
    Sarah Chae, Robert F. Sarama, Cindy M. Vojtech, and James Wang
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2018.020r1
  • Sources of Modelling Variation in CECL Allowances
    Fang Du, Chris Finger, Ben Ranish, and Robert Sarama
    New Impairment Model Under IFRS 9 and CECL (2018)
  • Why Mortgage Borrowers Persevere: An Explanation of First and Second Lien Performance Mismatch
    Paul S. Calem and Robert F. Sarama Jr.
    Real Estate Economics (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6229.12139
  • End of the Line: Behavior of HELOC Borrowers Facing Payment Changes
    Kathleen W. Johnson and Robert F. Sarama
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2015)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2015.073
  • Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice in the Presence of Housing
    Robert F. Sarama
    Dissertations (Ohio State University) (2010)
  • Deed Types, House Prices and Mortgage Interest Rates
    David M. Brasington and Robert F. Sarama
    Real Estate Economics (2008)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6229.2008.00223.x
  • Deed Types, House Prices and Mortgage Interest Rates
    David M. Brasington and Robert F. Sarama
    Working Papers (Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Department of Economics) (2006)
Last update: June 30, 2022