Bank Consolidation, Internationalization, and Conglomeration : Trends and Implications for Financial Risk /

This paper documents global trends in bank activity, consolidation, internationalization, and financial firm conglomeration, and explores the extent to which financial firm risk and systemic risk potential in banking are related to consolidation and conglomeration. We find that while there is a subs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Nicolo, Gianni
Other Authors: Bartholomew, Philip, Zaman, Jahanara, Zephirin, Mary
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/158
Online Access:Full text available on IMF