The Regional Distribution of Bank Closings in the United States: An Extension of the Amos Analysis

Cebula, Richard (1993): The Regional Distribution of Bank Closings in the United States: An Extension of the Amos Analysis. Published in: Southern Economic Journal , Vol. 61, No. 1 (17 July 1994): pp. 202-208.

Abstract

This study investigates factors that influenced interstate differentials in bank closing rates in the U.S. over the 1982-1992 time period. The estimation reveals that the bank failure rate is a decreasing function of the average mortgage portfolio yield, the capital requirement, the real price of imported crude oil, and the percentage growth rate of gross state product and an increasing function of the cost of deposits, the real ceiling level of federal deposit insurance, and the volatility of gross state product.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: bank failure rate; cost of deposits; mortgage yield; economic growth; economic volatility
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G22 - Insurance ; Insurance Companies ; Actuarial Studies; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G28 - Government Policy and Regulation

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