Changes in bank market performance are compared for banks that choose not to grow, to branch, bank acquire, product expand, or some combination. Using the change in market value-to-book value ratios, banks that include acquiring other banks as part of their growth strategy have significantly...

A matched sample of black-owned and white-owned banks is tested for lending discrimination based on race. A simple regulatory model and an enhanced regulatory model are applied to conventional mortgage loan applications in 1992 and 1993. The regulatory model uses readily available data to bank...