Deposit insurance and risk-taking behavior in the credit union industry

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-134

  Karels, Gordon V ^a   McClatchey, Christine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit unions; Deposit insurance; G21; G28; Moral hazard; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001088669     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(98)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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