The relationship between monthly changes in inventories and outstanding non-financial commercial paper according to Winters (2002) is:

A. positive

B. negative

C. positive at sometimes but mostly negative

D. all of the above

Other than inventories, which of the following is an example of a current asset that is related to the Commercial paper market:

A. cash

B. accounts receivable

C. prepaid expenses

D. plant & equipment

According to Nippani and Washer (2005) small banks were ..................... by the passage of the IBBEA as compared with their larger counterparts.

A. earned higher returns

B. no different in terms of profitability

C. adversely affected performance wise

D. not adversely affected performance wise

The passage of the IBBEA had led to significant gains for the banking industry stockholders of large Banking companies. (Nippani and Washer (2005)).

A. True

B. False

Nippani and Washer (2005) show that the number of smallest banks ................ , while the number of largest banks comparatively ................... following the passage of the IBBEA.

A. remained the same; increased

B. increased; remained the same

C. decreased; increased

D. increased; decreased

In the Nippani and Washer (2005) paper it is mentioned that the President of the Richmond Fed argued that small banks would not only survive but prosper under the IBBEA regime. The conclusion from the results as seen in the paper does not support the hypothesis of the Richmond Fed President.

A. True

B. False