The Causes and Effects of Commercial Bank Participation in the Federal Home Loan Bank System

The 1990s saw significant increases in commercial bank membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System and extensive growths in FHLB assets and outstanding advances. Since FHLB policies may enable risk-taking behavior by the System's member institutions, this research evaluates the impac...

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Main Author: Frizell, Julie Dolan
Other Authors: Economics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29347
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10232002-151428/