In 1984, the Comptroller of the Currency stated that the eleven largest banking firms were quot;too big to fail,quot; implying they would receive de facto 100 percent deposit insurance. The question is whether this announcement altered the market's perception of the riskiness of all banking...

We examine the outside director selection process using unique data on appointments of academic directors. Overall, we find that academic directors tend to be appointed by small- and mid-cap firms expanding their boards. However, we find important differences in both the factors influencing...

This study examines the issue of whether CRA-related events impact the securityprices of banking institutions involved in mergers. While previous research hasestablished that bank shareholders experience a significant permanent loss of wealth uponthe announcement of a CRA protest, the current...

This paper is concerned with determining whether commercial banks and mutual savings banks serve separable clienteles in the mortgage market. In order to test the hypothesis, determinants of mortgage lending terms at a major commercial bank and a large mutual savings bank were analyzed. The...

This study explores how Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) protests and their resolution affect the market value of merging banks. We find, in contrast to earlier research, that CRA-related events are not associated with significant negative market reactions for either bidder or target...