The details and the data behind public banking
Studies & Reports
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The recent surge of interest in public banking has generated a wealth of research
Making a case for a public bank inevitably involves deeper research into how such an institution could deliver on its promises. Below is a list of recommended reports, studies, and books that provide data, details, and insights.
Recommended studies & reports
National & Regional
International
States
Cities
National & Regional
National & Regional – Studies & Reports
Recommended | Year | Title |
✓ | 2020 | Cancel Wall Street: How Our State and Local Governments Can Save More Than $160 Billion a Year by Cutting Interest Payments to Investors, by Action Center on Race & the Economy, Sept 2020 |
✓ | 2019 | Northeast-Midwest Institute: “White Paper: Public Banking in the Northeast and Midwest States” – Sept 2019 |
2016 | All municipalities: The Municipal Bank. Compliance, Liquidity, and Risk – Karl Beitel – Jul 2016 | |
2016 | All municipalities: Municipal Banking: An Overview. Financing Socially Just and Sustainable Forms of Urban Development – Karl Beitel – Apr 2016 | |
2014 | On postal banking: “Providing Non-Bank Financial Services for the Underserved” by the US Postal Service, 2014 | |
2011 | Public Banking in America: State Banking Legislative Guide – by PBI and the Center for State Innovation – Spring 2011 | |
2011 | “Banking on America: How Main Street Partnership Banks Can Improve Local Economies,” by Demos.org, 2011 |
International
International – Studies & Reports
Recommended | Year | Title |
2021 | Public Banking Around the World: A Comparative Survey of Seven Models, Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice | |
✓ | 2020 | Public Banks and Covid-19: Combatting the Pandemic with Public Finance, Edited by David A. McDonald, Thomas Marois, Diana Barrowclough |
✓ | 2018 | Alberta’s Public Bank: How ATB Can Help Shape the New Economy by Mark Anielski and Bob Ascah; Parkland Institute – August 2018 |
✓ | 2017 | Centre for Public Impact | A BCG Foundation – Sparkassen Savings Banks in Germany, Case Study – March 2017 |
States
States – Studies & Reports
Cities