Reducing the risk at small community banks: Is it size or geographic diversification that matters?

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 259-281

  Emmons, William R ^a   Gilbert, R Alton ^a   Yeager, Timothy J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community banks; Geographic diversification; Idiosyncratic risk; Market risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242876258     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:fina.0000020665.54596.f6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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