The Profitability of Small, Single-Market Banks in an Era of Multimarket Banking

28 Pages Posted: 14 Dec 2006

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Timothy H. Hannan

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Robin A. Prager

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Date Written: October 2006

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between multimarket bank presence and the profitability (and therefore viability) of small, single-market banks. We find that increased presence of multimarket banks is associated with a significant reduction in the profitability of small, single-market banks operating in rural banking markets, but not of those operating in urban markets. We explore this relationship by breaking single-market bank profits down into several components in order to shed light on the mechanisms through which multimarket bank presence might influence the profitability of single-market banks.

Keywords: Banks, competition, pricing

JEL Classification: G21, L10

Suggested Citation

Hannan, Timothy and Prager, Robin, The Profitability of Small, Single-Market Banks in an Era of Multimarket Banking (October 2006). FEDS Working Paper No. 2006-41, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=951412 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.951412

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