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Does Diversification Increase or Decrease Bank Risk and Performance? Evidence on Diversification and the Risk-Return Tradeoff in Banking
Berger, Allen N. - 2010
Conventional wisdom in banking argues that diversification tends to reduce bank risk and improve performance, but the … diversification strategies and the risk-return tradeoff in banking. Our data set covers Russian banks during the 1999-2006 period and …
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The Effects of Focus versus Diversification on Bank Performance : Evidence from Chinese Banks
Berger, Allen N. - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of focus versus diversification on bank performance using data on Chinese banks during the 1996-2006 period. We construct a new measure, economies of diversification, and compare the results to those of the more conventional focus indices, which are based on...
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