economies of scope
that is, they can lower the cost of information production
for each service by applying one information resource to many different services.
A bank, for example, can evaluate how good a credit risk a corporation is when
making them a loan, which then helps the bank decide whether it would be easy
for it to sell the bonds of this corporation to the public. Additionally, by providing
multiple financial services to their customers, financial institutions develop broader
and longer-term relationships with firms. These relationships further reduce the
cost of producing information, and further increase economies of scope.
Although the presence of economies of scope may substantially benefit finan-
cial institutions, it also creates potential costs in terms of
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