This study determines the degree to which the business-related curricula of Illinois community colleges are meeting the needs of students wishing to start their own businesses.Although Illinois has the third largest community college system in the nation, community colleges, particularly rural...

Using 189 commercial bank mergers between 1997 and 2004, we document a positive impact of the merger activity on bank liquidity creation. Consistent with the deposit insurance hypothesis, we find that banks with higher levels of deposit insurance create higher levels of liquidity around mergers....