Are U.S. banks too large?
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Banks and banking; Economies of scale; Bank failures;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BAN-2009-10-31 (Banking)
- NEP-BEC-2009-10-31 (Business Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2009-10-31 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-REG-2009-10-31 (Regulation)
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