An investigation into the use of mergers as a solution for the Asian banking sector crisis

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-49

  Shih, Michael S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bank failure risk; Emerging markets; Exchange rate; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037337431     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(01)00135-1     Document Type: Article

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