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operations of a large bank. Case studies of several branches were used to understand how and why the human resource management …'s performance. An important finding is that, even though all managers in this bank are given a formal set of human resource policies …
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We develop a heterogeneous-agent model with local spatial markets to study the relationships among bank expansion … households across regions. We calibrate the model using a geographic information system to evaluate the rapid bank expansion in …
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merge and post-merger value creation and synergies? We compile comprehensive information on U.S. bank acquisitions from 1986 …
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database linked to a census of banking. These data indicate that those counties that already had a bank were more likely to see …
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Using exogenous deposit windfalls from oil and natural gas shale discoveries, we demonstrate that bank branch networks …
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We study the spatial expansion of banks in response to banking deregulation in the 1980s and 90s. During this period, large banks expanded rapidly, mostly by adding new branches in new locations, while many small banks exited. We document that large banks sorted into the densest markets, but...
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Bank branch density, defined as the number of bank branches to total deposits, has significantly declined over the past …
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This paper identifies how bank branching benefited local economies during the Great Depression. Using archival data and … narrative evidence, I show how Bank of America's branch network in 1930s California created an internal capital market to … competing banking offices. The bank's presence caused smaller city property value contractions and stronger recoveries through …
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We estimate the effects of Wal-Mart stores on county-level retail employment and earnings, accounting for endogeneity of the location and timing of Wal-Mart openings that most likely biases the evidence against finding adverse effects of Wal-Mart stores. We address the endogeneity problem using...
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Local labor market shocks are difficult to insure against. Using confidential micro data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Longitudinal Business Database, we document that firms redistribute the employment impacts of local demand shocks across regions through their internal networks of...
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