A case study of organizational form and risk shifting in the savings and loan industry

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-76

  Esty, Benjamin C ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Leverage; Organizational form; Risk shifting; Savings and loan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031116479     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(96)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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