Evidence on how bank merger and acquisition (M&A) affects bank customers is mixed. I reexamine deposit and loan volumes and prices around all 2,673 ownership-changing U.S. bank M&As between 1998 and 2016. M&A impacts target markets differently based on their deposit-loan imbalance. In markets...

Financial instability and liquidity management by banks is often the most debated topic in the area of monetary economics. This study examines an emerging economy's banking system and contributes to the evolving body of literature on the topic of banks' borrowing behaviour during financial...

This paper surveys the literature on the linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes. It focuses on three major questions. First, what are the basic theoretical linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes? Second, what is the empirical evidence supporting these...

This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the macroeconomic implications of financial imperfections. It focuses on two major channels through which financial imperfections can affect macroeconomic outcomes. The first channel, which operates through the demand side of finance...

This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the macroeconomic implications of financial imperfections. It focuses on two major channels through which financial imperfections can affect macroeconomic outcomes. The first channel, which operates through the demand side of finance...

This paper surveys the literature on the linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes. It focuses on three major questions. First, what are the basic theoretical linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes? Second, what is the empirical evidence supporting these...

This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the macroeconomic implications of financial imperfections. It focuses on two major channels through which financial imperfections can affect macroeconomic outcomes. The first channel, which operates through the demand side of finance...

This paper surveys the literature on the linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes. It focuses on three major questions. First, what are the basic theoretical linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes? Second, what is the empirical evidence supporting these...

This paper examines how the degree of interbank competition affects real economic growth, growth patterns, and consumer welfare using a dynamical systems approach. Risk averse agents insure against idiosyncratic risk via deposit contracts that maximize bank profits. These contracts are derived...

The banking sector in India has made significant progress since the economic reforms in 1991 owing to entry of private sector banks, higher utilization of technology, innovative products and so on. Service quality (or excellence), of course, is still debatable issue in Indian banks due to lack...