Geographical Diversification and Bank Performance: Evidence from China

Weixing Cai; Fangming Xu; Cheng Zeng

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.08.022

Geographical Diversification and Bank Performance: Evidence from China

Weixing Cai, Fangming Xu, Cheng Zeng

School of Accounting and Finance - Business School

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Abstract

This study examines the impact of banks’ geographical diversification on the financial performance using China’s bank deregulation policy in 2009 as an exogenous shock. Our results suggest both bright and dark sides of geographical expansion with regard to bank performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	96-98
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	147
Early online date	26 Aug 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.08.022
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2016

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AF Corporate Finance
AF Banking

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Geographical diversification
Bank performance
China

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