Capital market reactions to the passage of the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 465-485

  Carow, Kenneth A ^a   Heron, Randall A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Deregulation; Event study; Financial services; Insurance; Investment banking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036765102     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(01)00128-4     Document Type: Article

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