Do financial conglomerates create or destroy value? Evidence for the EU

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2312-2321

  van Lelyveld, Iman ^a   Knot, Klaas ^a,b  

^a DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversification discount; Financial conglomerates; Firm valuation; Shareholder value

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349479176     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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