We examine the unintended consequences of the 2005 increase in the asset threshold for FDICIA internal control reporting requirements from $500 million to $1 billion. We focus on a test sample of banks that grew from between $100 million to $500 million in assets prior to the change in...

We examine the unintended consequences of the 2005 increase from $500 million to $1 billion in the asset threshold for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA) internal control reporting requirements. We focus on a test sample of banks that increased their total assets...