We examine the immediate impacts of COVID-19 on FDIC chartered banks’ performance. Our experimental design analyzes the performance of community banks and large banks before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community banks outperform large banks significantly in several key measures in the...

Some regional banks are highly exposed to flood risk. Yet, there is little evidence that banks manage these exposures. The lack of flood risk management in these banks could worsen the adverse local economic impact of a flood. Therefore, banks should incorporate flood risk in their risk management.

The aim of this research was to characterize physically, chemically and energetically the branches of A. angustifolia of different dimensions and to compare them with the values ​​described in literature. Thirty branches from fifteen adult native trees were divided into three treatments,...

The rise of city commercial banks (CCBs) in Chinese cities provides a unique opportunity to study the finance and growth nexus at the city level. Given the notorious inefficiency of China's "Big Four" state banks, policymakers attempted to correct the situation in 1995 through the creation of a...