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Bank Holding Companies (BHCs) have been diversifying their businesses increasingly among banking, securities and … formation of financial holding companies after the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (GLBA, 1999). This study examines whether BHC … diversification is associated with improvement or detriment in its production efficiency. We apply the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA …

publicly traded bank holding companies (BHCs). We find that both domestic geographic diversification of deposits and …In this study, we investigate the relationship between various dimensions of diversification and the cost of debt for … diversification of assets lead to a lower bond yield-spread. Diversification of non-traditional banking activities leads to a lower …

. Especially, with a performance perspective: does diversification beyond “traditional” banking result in actual diversification of … date, such an influence is not explored beyond financial risks. We use granular data from a large panel of US Bank Holding …

This article examines the relationship between the amount of information disclosed by bank holding companies (BHCs) and …