Commercial banks in investment banking: Conflict of interest or certification role?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 373-401

  Puri, Manju ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Certification; Conflict of interest; Glass Steagall; Security pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030101180     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(95)00855-9     Document Type: Article

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