Scale economies and cost complementarities in commercial banks: On-and off-balance-sheet activities

Bank off-balance-sheet (OBS) activities have grown dramatically, and have become significantly important especially at large banks. We investigate whether failure to incorporate OBS products may lead to a misspecification problem. Models that exclude deposits from the output specification suggest ec...

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Published in:Journal of banking & finance 1995-10, Vol.19 (7), p.1175-1189
Main Authors: Jagtiani, Julapa, Nathan, Alli, Sick, Gordon
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Cost complementarities
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Off-balance sheet activities
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Cost efficiencies
Costs
Economies of scale
Off-balance sheet activities
Scale economies
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