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Branch Banking and the Availability of Banking Services in Metropolitan Areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

William L. Seaver  and
Donald R. Fraser
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The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence on the following question: Are there more banking offices available per person to furnish consumer and business services in branch banking states than in unit banking states? This question is a central part of a broader issue of what limitations should be placed on the ability of individual banks to branch. Indeed, in a recent review of the literature dealing with the branching question, and prepared for the Senate Banking Committee (McIntyre Committee), Guttentag [8] stated: “One of the most pervasive arguments for branch banking is that branch banks provide more office facilities than unit banking.” Yet the available evidence on the question is sparse and existing research contains methodological difficulties which make the findings of questionable value.

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1979 , pp. 153 - 160
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1979

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