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Has antitrust policy in banking become obsolete?

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  • Katerina Simons
  • Joanna Stavins

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The authors analyze the effect of bank mergers on deposit interest rates, using data on banks responding to the Federal Reserve's Monthly Survey of Selected Deposits over an 11-year period. Their results suggest that banks exercise market power in pricing money market deposits and CD's in their local markets.

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  • Katerina Simons & Joanna Stavins, 1998. "Has antitrust policy in banking become obsolete?," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Mar, pages 13-26.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedbne:y:1998:i:mar:p:13-26
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