Event-study evidence of the value of relaxing long-standing regulatory restraints on banks, 1970-2000

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 439-463

  Carow, Kenneth A ^a   Kane, Edward J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank mergers; Deposit insurance; Event study; Financial deregulation; Regulatory subsidies; Scale and scope economies; Too big to fail policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036764835     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(01)00127-2     Document Type: Article

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