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The Effect of Common Ownership on Profits: Evidence from the U.S. Banking Industry
In recent years, large asset managers and other institutional investors have come to own increasingly large shares of firms that are competitors. For instance, BlackRock owns shares of both Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase. Such common ownership is prevalent …