Risk-taking behavior of banks under regulation

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 491-507

  Park, Sangkyun ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank regulation; Deposit insurance; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031116796     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(96)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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