Bank capitalization and cost: Evidence of scale economies in risk management and signaling

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 314-325

  Hughes, Joseph P ^a   Mester, Loretta J ^a  

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EID: 0032286434     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465398557401     Document Type: Article

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