Monitoring the monitors: Are old boys networks being used to monitor Japanese private banks?

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-30

  van Rixtel, Adrian A R J M ^a   Hassink, Wolter H J ^b  

^a DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Japanese banks; Monitoring; Old boys networks (amakudari); Prudential policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036525485     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.2001.0480     Document Type: Review

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