The U.S brewing industry plays an important role in the U.S. economy. There is an on-going debate over the impact of rise in concentration in the brewing industry as well as its competitiveness, e.g., Denney et al. (2002), Tremblay and Tremblay (2005). Such on-going concerns and debate over the...

This paper studies how a bank's diversification affects its own risk taking behavior and the risk taking of competing, nondiversified banks. In particular, I test whether greater geographic diversification of banks has effects on the risk taking behavior of nondiversified competitors beyond...