Capital market frictions and the role of internal capital markets in banking

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-164

  Houston, Joel ^a   James, Christopher ^a   Marcus, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Cornerstone Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bank holding company; Capital allocations; Internal capital markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031281077     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(97)81511-5     Document Type: Article

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