Diversification and the cost of debt of bank holding companies

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2453-2473

  Elyasiani, Elyas ^b   Mao, Connie X ^b  

^a Esther)   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank holding company; Cost of debt; Diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447640696     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.10.024     Document Type: Article

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