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The Economics Of Higher Education In Virginia, Phillip A. Jones, Clarence R. Jung Jr.

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

This study is based primarily on financial data from colleges and universities in Virginia for the two academic years 1986-1987 and 1987-1988. The database stems from detailed data submitted by virtually all colleges and universities to the federal and state governments and reported in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data survey (IPEDS). The data were accessed by Professor Jones from the State Council of Higher Education using the Bitnet computer program.

The aim of the study is to gain an understanding of the matrix of financial, economic and academic factors which determine the nature of a college or university; and to …

An Assessment Of The Impact Of Thrifts On Commercial Bank Competition In The Richmond, Virginia, R.M.A., J. Patrick Raines, Kenneth W. Vance

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

“Yes Virginia, there is trouble in the Savings and Loan Industry.” Depending upon who one believes, the cost of restructuring and creating a vital thrift industry will be between $50 billion and $100 billion. Nevertheless, political concerns virtually guarantee that the industry which has helped make the American dream a reality will be nurtured (force fed if necessary) back to good health. As the savings and loan industry is rehabilitated, bankers can be expected to increasingly assert that thrift institutions represent a major factor in their markets. Both Federal and State bank regulators will be called upon to place more …

Economic Status Of The Property And Casualty Insurance Industry With Special Reference To Virginia, Clarence R. Jung Jr.

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

Conditions in the property and casualty insurance industry in the past several years have caused great concern to both the insureds and the insurers. Premium rates for some lines, particularly certain liability coverages, have increased significantly (some observers would say catastrophically). For some businesses and governmental units insurance coverages have either been cancelled or are not available.

The situation in the industry has often been referred to as a crisis. And reactions to this crisis have included calls for investigations of the industry and an increased degree of government regulation. Private citizens and business firms have blamed insurance companies; insurance …

Virginia—Major Force In World Trade, R. Clifton Poole

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

The importance of world trade has long been recognized in the Commonwealth of Virginia (VA). Indeed, one of the major reasons for establishing the original colony at Jamestown was to provide a base from which the New World "treasures" could be shipped to the mother country—England. As a result, since colonial days VA has been one of the world's major exporters of tobacco. Even today the volume of VA's tobacco exports is second only to her exports of bituminous coal.

This world trade orientation so deeply imprinted in the thinking of the early leaders of the infant colony still prevails …

Virginia S&L Survey Results - Summer, 1981, Clarence R. Jung Jr., David A. Whitaker Jr.

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

The current difficulties of the nation's thrift industry are mirrored in the results of a recent survey of the member organi­zation of the Virginia League. The survey indicated that Savings & Loan Associations in Virginia are undergoing a financial squeeze of unprecedented intensity, a squeeze that is exceeding earlier expectations. The Survey also showed that coming to terms with this crisis is proving to be difficult.