Although policymakers often discuss tradeoffs between bank competition and stability, past research provides differing … competition materially boosts bank risk. With respect to the mechanisms, we find that competition reduces bank profits, charter …

merge and post-merger value creation and synergies? We compile comprehensive information on U.S. bank acquisitions from 1986 …

We develop a new identification strategy to evaluate the impact of the geographic expansion of bank holding company … (BHC) assets across U.S. metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) on BHC risk. We find that the geographic expansion of bank …

This paper examines the impact of bank regulations, market structure, and national institutions on bank net interest … margins and overhead costs using data on over 1,400 banks across 72 countries while controlling for bank …-specific characteristics. The data indicate that tighter regulations on bank entry and bank activities boost the cost of financial …