The largest commercial bank stocks, ranked by total size of the balance sheet, have significantly lower risk …-adjusted returns than small- and medium-sized bank stocks, even though large banks are significantly more levered. We uncover a size … factor in the component of bank returns that is orthogonal to the standard risk factors, including small-minus-big, which has …

of creating an oligopoly. We assembled a data set that compares bank failures, lending rates, interest paid on deposits …

labor supply in response to productivity shocks. Bank market integration thus contributes to a moderation of firm-level and …

This paper assesses the impact of the geographic diversification of bank holding company (BHC) assets across the United … States on their market valuations. Using two novel identification strategies based on the dynamic process of interstate bank …

-rated tranches were economically trivial for the typical bank, but banks with greater holdings performed more poorly during the …-rated tranches are not higher for banks with large trading books in regressions that control for bank size. The ratio of highly …-rated tranches holdings to assets increases with bank assets, but not for banks with more than $50 billion of assets. This evidence …

the effect of a state's interstate banking regulation on the level and structure of bank CEO compensation. Using panel …

We test three hypotheses regarding changes in supervisory toughness' and their effects on bank lending. The data …, affected bank lending. However, all of the measured effects are small, with 1% or less of loans receiving harsher or easier … classification, about 3% of banks receiving better or worse CAMEL ratings, and bank lending being changed by 1% or less of assets …