1. The cost of government deposits for black-owned commercial banks
- Author
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Price, Gregory N.
- Subjects
Deposit banking -- Finance ,Banking industry -- Finance ,Minority-owned banks -- Finance ,Commercial banks ,Economics ,Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies ,Social sciences ,Company financing ,Banking industry ,Finance - Abstract
This article utilizes a Statistical Cost Accounting Model and Mean Variance Model to estimate the cost and potential risk impact of government deposits for black-owned commercial banks. The main findings are that relative to other types of deposits on the balance sheet, government deposits are expensive, and that deposits received through the Minority Bank Deposit Program may have the effect of increasing risk in the asset portfolio., In 1971, the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments established the Minority Bank Deposit Program (MBDP). The primary objective of the program was to grant preference to minority-owned commercial banks as [...]
- Published
- 1994