The demise of community banks? Local economic shocks are not to blame

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2135-2153

  Yeager, Timothy J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Community bank; Geographic diversification; Idiosyncratic risk; Local economic shocks; Market risk; Relationship lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242883120     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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