on balances, this implies a potentially considerable bias in the estimate of bank output growth in Europe vis-à-vis that …The measurement of bank output, a difficult and contentious issue, has become even more important in the aftermath of … information and transactions imply a quantity measure of bank service output based on transaction counts instead of balances of …

Data? -- 2. Geographical Focus: Bank Local, and All That, Right? -- Where Are All the Institutions Going? -- FDIC's Three … Reasons for Bank Charter Consolidation -- Voluntary Closures -- Bank Failures -- Few New Banking Charters -- Depopulation and … Density Sustains, for Better or Worse -- The De Novo De No-No -- These Days, There Are Plenty of Reasons Not to Start a Bank …