Staff Studies published in 1993 or after are available on line. Earlier studies can be ordered through Publications Services.

171 (April 1998)
The Cost of Banking Regulation: A Review of the Evidence
Gregory Elliehausen
Summary | Full paper (145 KB PDF)

170 (December 1997)
The Cost of Implementing Consumer Financial Regulations: An Analysis of Experience with the Truth in Savings Act
Gregory Elliehausen and Barbara R. Lowrey
Summary | Full paper (74 KB PDF)

169 (January 1996)
Bank Mergers and Industrywide Structure, 1980-94
Stephen A. Rhoades
Summary | Full paper (132 KB PDF)

168 (December 1995)
The Economics of the Private Equity Market
George W. Fenn, Nellie Liang, and Stephen Prowse
Summary | Full paper (315 KB PDF)

167 (July 1994)
A Summary of Merger Performance Studies in Banking, 1980-93, and an Assessment of the "Operating Performance" and "Event Study" Methodologies
Stephen A. Rhoades
Summary | Full paper (126 KB PDF)

166 (December 1993)
The Economics of the Private Placement Market
Mark Carey, Stephen Prowse, John Rea, and Gregory Udell
Summary | Full paper (508 KB PDF)

165 (September 1993)
The Demand for Trade Credit: An Investigation of Motives for Trade Credit Use by Small Businesses
Gregory E. Elliehausen and John D. Wolken
Summary | Full paper (99 KB PDF)

164 (July 1993)
The 1989-92 Credit Crunch for Real Estate
James. T. Fergus and John L. Goodman, Jr.

163 (March 1992)
Clearance and Settlement in U.S. Securities Markets
Patrick Parkinson, Adam Gilbert, Emily Gollob, Lauren Hargraves and others

162 (February 1992)
Evidence on the Size of Banking Markets from Mortgage Loan Rates in Twenty Cities
Stephen A. Rhoades

161 (May 1991)
A Review of Corporate Restructuring Activity, 1980-90
Margaret Hastings Pickering

160 (September 1990)
Banking Markets and the Use of Financial Services by Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Gregory E. Elliehausen and John D. Wolken

159 (February 1990)
New Data on the Performance of Nonbank Subsidiaries of Bank Holding Companies
Nellie Liang and Donald Savage