On the riskiness of universal banking: Evidence from banks in the investment banking business Pre- and Post-GLBA

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1649-1669

  Geyfman, Victoria ^a   Yeager, Timothy J ^b  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial holding companies; Gramm Leach Bliley Act; Idiosyncratic risk; Section 20 subsidiaries; Systematic risk; Total risk; Universal banking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449387220     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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