This paper discusses the research agenda on optimal bank productive efficiency and industrial structure. One goal of … this agenda is to answer some fundamental questions in financial industry restructuring, such as what motivates bank … an empirical question. The paper reviews the recent literature, including techniques for modeling bank production and the …

Bank consolidation is a global phenomenon. It may enhance the value of firms in the industry if, for example, it is … bank holding companies in the U.S., we find strong evidence of managerial entrenchment that influences how asset … acquisitions and sales affect financial performance. We measure bank financial performance both by Tobin's q ratio and by its …

are regulated, including the need to obtain a charter to operate and explicit and implicit federal guarantees of bank … liabilities to reduce the probability of bank runs. These aspects of banking affect a bankś choice of risk vs. expected return …, which, in turn, affects bank performance. Banks have an incentive to reduce risk to protect the valuable charter from …