The convoy system for insolvent banks: How it originally worked and why it failed in the 1990s

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-180

  Hoshi, Takeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convoy system; Insolvent banks; Ministry of Finance; Regulatory rewards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036209414     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-1425(01)00086-X     Document Type: Article

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