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Scale Matters: Community Banks and Compliance Costs


Abstract: Research shows that complying with government regulations is more burdensome for smaller community banks than larger community banks. Despite spending proportionately more resources on compliance, the smaller banks do not perform as well as the larger ones, at least in one key metric.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: The Regional Economist

Publication Date: 2016

Issue: July

Order Number: 1-3