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Question
Although it has a population about half that of the United States, Japan has
A) many more banks.
B) about 25 percent of the number of banks.
C) more than 5000 commercial banks.
D) fewer than 100 commercial banks.
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D) bond; debt security
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A) increase.
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B) increases; decrease
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B) reduces the cost of a college education.
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A) Commodity
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A) investors; savers
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A) Commercial banks
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A) state; federal
B) state; local
C) local; federal
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A) the SEC.
B) the Comptroller of the Currency.
C) the U.S. Treasury.
D) the Federal Reserve.
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Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act states retain regulatory authority over
A) bank holding companies.
B) securities activities.
C) insurance activities.
D) bank subsidiaries engaged in securities underwriting.
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Which investment bank filed for bankruptcy on September 15, 2008 making it the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history?
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A) severe adverse selection problem.
B) decline in mortgage applications.
C) call to deregulate the industry.
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A) the value of the house fell below the amount of the mortgage.
B) the basement flooded since they could not afford to fix the leaky plumbing.
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A) an economic downturn causes the price level to fall and a deterioration in firms' net worth because of the increased burden of indebtedness.
B) rising interest rates worsen adverse selection and moral hazard problems.
C) lenders reduce their lending due to declining stock prices (equity deflation) that lowers the value of collateral.
D) corporations pay back their loans before the scheduled maturity date.
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A) a contraction of economic activity.
B) an economic boom.
C) an increased opportunity for growth.
D) a call for government regulation.
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B) too-big-to-fail problem.
C) transactions cost problem.
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A) deleveraging.
B) releveraging.
C) capitulation.
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A key finding of the economic analysis of financial structure is that
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For restrictive covenants to help reduce the moral hazard problem they must be ________ by the lender.
A) monitored and enforced
B) written in all capitals
C) easily changed
D) impossible to remove
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One way the venture capital firm avoids the free-rider problem is by
A) prohibiting the sale of equity in the firm to anyone except the venture capital firm.
B) prohibiting members from serving on the board of directors.
C) prohibiting the borrowing firm from replacing management.
D) requiring collateral equal to the value of the borrowed funds.
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Government regulations designed to reduce the moral hazard problem include
A) laws that force firms to adhere to standard accounting principles.
B) light sentences for those who commit the fraud of hiding and stealing profits.
C) state verification subsidies.
D) state licensing restrictions.
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A) principal-agent
B) adverse selection
C) free-rider
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A) are claims to a share in the profits and assets of a business.
B) have the advantage over debt contracts of a lower costly state verification.
C) are used much more frequently to raise capital than are debt contracts.
D) are not subject to the moral hazard problem.
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As the banking system in the United States evolves, it is expected that
A) the number and importance of small banks will increase.
B) the number and importance of large banks will decrease.
C) small banks will grow at the expense of large banks.
D) the number and importance of large banks will increase.
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One factor contributing to the decline in cost advantages that banks once had is the
A) decline in the importance of checkable deposits from over 60 percent of banks' liabilities to 2 percent today.
B) decline in the importance of savings deposits from over 60 percent of banks' liabilities to under 15 percent today.
C) decline in the importance of checkable deposits from over 40 percent of banks' liabilities to 15 percent today.
D) decline in the importance of savings deposits from over 40 percent of banks' liabilities to under 20 percent today.