Product Mix and Earnings Volatility at Commercial Banks: Evidence from a Degree of Total Leverage Model

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-84

  Deyoung, Robert ^a   Roland, Karin P ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial banks; Degree of total leverage; Earnings volatility; Fee based actitivities; Product mix

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347137950     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfin.2000.0305     Document Type: Article

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