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Economic profit and performance measurement in banking
Kimball, Ralph C. (1998-07)
Successful bank operation requires managers to weigh complex trade-offs between growth, return, and risk. In recent years banks increasingly have adopted innovative performance metrics based on the concept of economic profit, rather than accounting earnings to assist managers in making such difficult and complex decisions. Banks hope in this way to elicit better decision-making by managers and also too align managerial behavior more closely with the interests of shareholders. This article analyzes the use of economic profit for measuring the performance of banks, focusing on the allocation ...
New England Economic Review , Issue Jul , Pages 35-53

Conference Paper
The use of economic models in banking
Moor, Roy E. (1986)
Proceedings , Paper 129

Conference Paper
Succeeding with size: maintaining growth in large banks
Hance, James H. (2004)
Proceedings , Paper 931

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Ongoing restructuring of retail banking
Orlow, Daniel; Wenninger, John; Radecki, Lawrence J. (1996)
The largest U.S. commercial banks are currently in the process of restructuring their retail operations. This paper describes the innovations that are being adopted, explains the integrated strategies for restructuring, and reviews the policy issues that emerge. We find that banks are restructuring by developing complete customer-relationship profiles, switching over to remote electronic delivery channels (phone centers, home banking, and next-generation ATMs), relocating branches to large retail outlets, and redesigning selected branches as investment centers. The immediate goal of ...
Research Paper , Paper 9634

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Is corporate governance different for bank holding companies?
Mehran, Hamid; Adams, Renee B. (2003-04)
The authors analyze a range of corporate governance variables as they pertain to a sample of bank holding companies (BHCs) and manufacturing firms. They find that BHCs have larger boards and that the percentage of outside directors on these boards is significantly higher; also, BHC boards have more committees and meet slightly more frequently. Conversely, the proportion of CEO stock option pay to salary plus bonuses as well as the percentage and market value of direct equity holdings are smaller for bank holding companies. Furthermore, fewer institutions hold shares of BHCs relative to shares ...
Economic Policy Review , Volume 9 , Issue Apr , Pages 123-142

Conference Paper
Segmentation : key to revenue growth challenges
McCormick, James M. (2000)
Proceedings , Paper 676

Journal Article
Introduction: Special issue: corporate governance: what do we know and what is different about banks?
Mehran, Hamid (2003-04)
This special volume of the Economic Policy Review is designed to foster a better understanding of corporate governance - particularly as it applies to banking firms - among regulators, investors, researchers, and the interested public. The contributors to the volume, specialists in governance, analyze the topic from many perspectives, including law, financial accounting, and financial economics. As they summarize and synthesize a vast literature on vital governance issues, the authors present a framework for understanding corporate governance and identify key areas of future research.
Economic Policy Review , Volume 9 , Issue Apr , Pages 1-3

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Bank funding: challenges ahead but no crisis
Stern, Gary H. (2001-06)
The Region , Volume 15 , Issue Jun , Pages 2-4

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Capital allocation and bank management based on the quantification of credit risk
Kawai, Hiroshi; Sazaki, Takanori; Nishiguchi, Kenji (1998-10)
This paper was presented at the conference "Financial services at the crossroads: capital regulation in the twenty-first century" as part of session 2, "Credit risk modeling." The conference, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on February 26-27, 1998, was designed to encourage a consensus between the public and private sectors on an agenda for capital regulation in the new century.
Economic Policy Review , Volume 4 , Issue Oct , Pages 83-94

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Issuance of guidance for bank examiners in evaluating banking organizations' risk management
anonymous (1998-08)
Federal Reserve Bulletin , Issue Aug

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