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Effective allocation of financial services intensity and its impact on channel competition

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  • Zongrun Wang
  • Mei Yang

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We study the role of adjusting the sales intensity of financial advisers in determining investors' choice of purchasing channels and explore how banks take advantage of the “aspirations” deviation of investors to formulate the optimal strategy for making recommendations. Our research shows that the flexible allocation of financial services increases the profits of banks, but investors' surplus is often completely deprived. Interestingly, in online and offline channel competition, improving platform competitiveness may lead to increased, rather than decreased, profitability for banks. Moreover, with completely heterogeneous investors, strategic outcomes can be significantly different under the perception coefficient of different dispersion degree.

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  • Zongrun Wang & Mei Yang, 2020. "Effective allocation of financial services intensity and its impact on channel competition," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(8), pages 1473-1492, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:41:y:2020:i:8:p:1473-1492
    DOI: 10.1002/mde.3196
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