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Overview

Frank Packer is affiliated with the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Within these broad areas, their work notably focuses on subfields such as Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, and Strategy and Management.

Their scholarly contributions encompass several key topics, including:

  • Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • State Capitalism and Financial Governance
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Packer has published research in several venues with a notable frequency of contributions to the SSRN Electronic Journal. Other publications appear in the Journal of Banking & Finance, Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Journal of International Money and Finance, and Journal of Money Credit and Banking.

Their recent papers include:

  • The pricing of carbon risk in syndicated loans: Which risks are priced and why? (2021), Journal of Banking & Finance
  • The pricing of carbon risk in syndicated loans: which risks are priced and why? (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • A taxonomy of sustainable finance taxonomies (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ratings performance, regulation and the Great Depression: lessons from foreign government securities (2025), Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
  • Original sin in corporate finance: New evidence from Asian bond issuers in onshore and offshore markets (2021), Journal of International Money and Finance

Frequent collaborators in Packer's research include Torsten Ehlers, Kathrin de Greiff, Mark M. Spiegel, Marc Flandreau, and Norbert Gaillard. Among these, Torsten Ehlers has coauthored the greatest number of works.

Best Publications

  • Sovereign credit ratings

    Richard Cantor;Frank Packer

  • Determinants and impacts of sovereign credit ratings

    Richard Cantor;Frank Packer

  • Determinants and Impact of Sovereign Credit Ratings

    Richard Cantor;Frank Packer

  • The Credit Rating Industry

    Richard Cantor;Frank Packer

  • From turmoil to crisis: dislocations in the FX swap market before and after the failure of Lehman Brothers

    Naohiko Baba;Frank Packer

  • Differences of opinion and selection bias in the credit rating industry

    Richard Cantor;Frank Packer

  • Interpreting deviations from covered interest parity during the financial market turmoil of 2007-08

    Naohiko Baba;Frank Packer

  • Green bond finance and certification

    Torsten Ehlers;Frank Packer

  • Institutional affiliation and the role of venture capital: Evidence from initial public offerings in Japan

    Yasushi Hamao;Frank Packer;Jay R Ritter

  • The pricing of carbon risk in syndicated loans: Which risks are priced and why?

    Torsten Ehlers;Frank Packer;Kathrin de Greiff

  • The spillover of money market turbulence to FX swap and cross-currency swap markets

    Naohiko Baba;Frank Packer;Teppei Nagano

  • What role has the “Main Bank” played in Japan?

    Akiyoshi Horiuchi;Frank Packer;Shin'ichi Fukuda

  • Taxes, keiretsu affiliation, and income shifting

    Jeffrey D. Gramlich;Piman Limpaphayom;S. Ghon Rhee

  • Assessing new perspectives on country risk

    Claudio Borio;Frank Packer

  • Rating methodologies for banks

    Frank Packer;Nikola Tarashev

  • Contractual terms and CDS pricing

    Franck Packer;Haibin Zhu

  • Derivatives in emerging markets

    Dubravko Mihaljek;Frank Packer

  • Sovereign credit default swaps

    Frank Packer;Chamaree Suthiphongchai

  • Loan loss provisioning practices of Asian banks

    Frank Packer;Haibin Zhu

  • Issues and developments in loan loss provisioning: the case of Asia

    Sarawan Angklomkliew;Jason George;Frank Packer

  • Institutional Affiliation and the Role of Venture Capital: Evidence from Initial Public Offerings in Japan

    Yasushi Hamao;Jay R. Ritter;Frank Packer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay R. Ritter
Jay R. Ritter University of Florida
Mark M. Spiegel
Mark M. Spiegel Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Benoit Mojon
Benoit Mojon Bank for International Settlements
Claudio Borio
Claudio Borio Bank for International Settlements

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