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Economic Commentary

Bank Holding Company Voluntary Nonbanking Asset Divestitures

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In the late 1970s and early 1980s an increasing number of nonfinancial corporations decided to alter their asset portfolios through voluntary divestiture- that is, by selling off or spinning off one or more of their operating subsidiaries.’ The motives and financial impacts of this activity have been examined in several recent studies.

01.15.1986EC 1/15/1986

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Whalen, Gary. 1986. “Bank Holding Company Voluntary Nonbanking Asset Divestitures.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 1/15/1986.

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