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The future of large, internationally active banks : does scale define the winners?

Hughes, Joseph P.; Mester, Loretta J. - 2015

Our research as well as that by other authors has found scale economies at all sizes of banks and the largest scale economies at the largest banks – that is, larger banks are able to provide products at lower average cost than smaller banks. While the earlier literature found that scale...

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Measuring the performance of banks : theory, practice, evidence, and some policy implications

Hughes, Joseph P.; Mester, Loretta J. - 2013

The unique capital structure of commercial banking - funding production with demandable debt that participates in the … economyś payments system - affects various aspects of banking. It shapes banks ́comparative advantage in providing financial … liabilities to reduce the probability of bank runs. These aspects of banking affect a bankś choice of risk vs. expected return …

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The elusive scale economies of the largest banks and their implications for global competitiveness

Hughes, Joseph P. - 2011

In the wake of the financial crisis that began in 2007, policy makers have focused again on the largest financial firms to consider the association of their size with systemic risk. An equally important question examines whether their size benefits the economy. In particular, is the size of our...

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Are scale economies in banking elusive or illusive? : Evidence obtained by incorporating capital structure and risk-taking into models of bank production

Hughes, Joseph P.; Mester, Loretta J.; Moon, Choon-geol - 2000

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Are scale economies in banking elusive or illusive? : Evidence obtained by incorporating capital structure and risk-taking into models of bank production

Hughes, Joseph P.; Mester, Loretta J.; Moon, Choon-geol - In: Journal of banking & finance 25 (2001) 12, pp. 2169-2208

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Are all scale economies in banking elusive or illusive : evidence obtained by incorporating capital structure and risk taking into models of bank production

Hughes, Joseph P.; Mester, Loretta J.; Moon, Choon-geol - 2000

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001477856

Bank capitalization and cost : evidence of scale economies in risk management and signaling

Hughes, Joseph P. - In: The review of economics and statistics 80 (1998) 2, pp. 314-325

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A quality and risk-adjusted cost function for banks : evidence on the "too-big-to-fail" doctrine

Hughes, Joseph P. - In: Journal of productivity analysis 4 (1993) 3, pp. 293-315

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Bank capitalization and cost : evidence of scale economies in risk management and signaling

Hughes, Joseph P.; Mester, Loretta J. - 1995 - Rev

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Does Scale Matter in Community Bank Performance? Evidence Obtained by Applying Several New Measures of Performance

Hughes, Joseph P. - 2019

We consider how size matters for banks in three size groups: small community banks with assets less than $1 billion, large community banks with assets between $1 billion and $10 billion, and midsize banks with assets between $10 billion and $50 billion. To illustrate the differences between...

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