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We examine the acquisition and joint venture strategies of U.S. banks from 1980 to 1998 to diversify into non-banking sectors. We find that the market responds favorably to both types of expansions, with the gains being shared between acquiring banks and their targets and venture banks and their non-bank partners, respectively. Acquisitions expose acquiring banks to significant increases in nonsystematic, market, and total risk, while joint ventures result in significant decreases in the nonsystematic and total risk measures for participating banks. Our results suggest that product-market expansions, in general, provide U.S. banks with value-enhancing opportunities, and that joint ventures may improve both the return and risk characteristics of the partner banks.
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Gleason, K.C., Mathur, I. & Wiggins, R.A. The Evidence on Product-Market Diversifying Acquisitions and Joint Ventures by U.S. Banks. J Finan Serv Res 29, 237–254 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10693-006-7627-9
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