Vertical integration to avoid contracting with potential competitors: Evidence from bankers' banks

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-130

  Brickley, James A ^a   Linck, James S ^b   Smith, Clifford W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Banking; Boundaries of the firm; Community banks; Decision authority; Economics of organizations; Interstate branching; Location decisions; Ownership incentives; Riegle Neal Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862817129     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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