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Bank consolidation and merger activity following the crisis.
Michal Kowalik, Troy Davig, Charles S. Morris, and Kristen Regehr analyze the financial characteristics of acquired community banks from 2011 to 2014.
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Market value accounting for banks: pros and cons
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Financing rural businesses: what role for public policy?
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Weaker performance at tenth district banks
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The determinants of banking market structure
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The productivity \\"slowdown\\": a sectoral analysis
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Does money still forecast economic activity?
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New methods for savings and loans to hedge interest rate risk
Increased interest rate volatility in recent years has led to a greater volatility in profits at savings and loan associations. To help stabilize their profits, some S&L's are implementing interest rate hedging programs. These programs use financial instruments such as interest rate swaps, financial futures and options on financial futures. Because hedging programs introduce their own risks, S&L's should thoroughly examine all aspects of the programs before employing them.
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Are bank loans still special?
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Fiscal policies aimed at spurring capital formation: a framework for analysis
In recent years, policymakers have proposed various fiscal policies to spur long-run economic growth through increased capital formation. The Bush Administration, for example, proposed lowering the capital gains tax rate. The Clinton Administration, among other measures in its economic package, proposed reinstituting the investment tax credit. These proposals stem from heightened concerns that the U.S. economy has been growing by less than its long-run potential, and from the judgment that this subpar growth is due in part to deficient capital formation.> Chirinko and Morris present a ...