Working Paper
Multibank holding company organizational structure and performance
Whalen, Gary (1982)
A study of how quantitative measures of the organizational centralization of 62 multibank holding companies relate to holding company profitability.
Working Papers (Old Series) , Paper 8201

Journal Article
The impact of bank holding company consolidation: evidence from shareholder returns
Whalen, Gary (1985-07)
A look at the expected net benefits of bank holding company consolidation by examining the behavior of the daily stock returns of a sample of 21 BHCs, using the event study technique.
Economic Review , Issue Q III , Pages 2-10

Journal Article
Actual competition, potential competition, and bank profitability in rural markets
Whalen, Gary (1988-07)
An empirical study of the relationship between market concentration and bank performance in rural markets, examining both actual and potential competition and controlling for risk, market share, and simultaneity.
Economic Review , Volume 24 , Issue Q III , Pages 14-23

Journal Article
The financial distress in American farming
Whalen, Gary; Bryan, Michael F. (1985-06)
An analysis of the uneven distribution of problem debt among the nation' s farmers, a discussion of the effect of this debt on agricultural banks, and an estimate of the probable impact of farm debt problems on the nation.
Economic Commentary , Issue Jun

Working Paper
Holding company organizational form and efficiency
Whalen, Gary (1983)
An exploration of the impact of multibank holding company organizational centralization on subsidiary bank efficiency, using survey data on holding company structure and a profit-function approach.
Working Papers (Old Series) , Paper 8302

Conference Paper
Rival stock price reactions to large BHC acquisition announcements: evidence of linked oligopoly?
Whalen, Gary; Mugel, Richard L. (1986)
Proceedings , Paper 105

Working Paper
Rival stock price reactions to large BHC acquisition announcements: evidence of linked oligopoly
Whalen, Gary; Mugel, Richard L. (1986)
An examination of whether multimarket contacts among geographically diversified bank holding companies adversely affect competition.
Working Papers (Old Series) , Paper 8605

Conference Paper
The relationship between organizational form and performance: the case of foreign securities subsidiaries of U.S. banking organizations
Whalen, Gary (1998-09)
Debate about the effects of permitting U.S. commercial banks to expand their range of activities has intensified in recent years. Some observers worry that banks with access to a federal safety net have strong incentives to use new opportunities to take greater risks and increase their likelihood of failure at possible cost to the FDIC and taxpayers. Others fear that the safety net might give banks a competitive advantage relative to nonbank rivals. A key element of this debate is whether a holding company structure does a significantly better job of mitigating these potential problems than ...
Proceedings , Issue Sep

Journal Article
Bank holding company voluntary nonbanking asset divestitures
Whalen, Gary (1986-01)
An examination of nonbanking asset divestitures, with an analysis of financial effects on the holding company, based on a study of 42 voluntary nonbank asset sales.
Economic Commentary , Issue Jan

Journal Article
Concentration and profitability in non-MSA banking markets
Whalen, Gary (1987-01)
An examination of the relationship between bank profitability and concentration using recent data from a sample of institutions drawn from non-metropolitan statistical area counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Economic Review , Issue Q I , Pages 2-9