The Barings crises of 1890 and 1995: Causes, courses, consequences and the danger of domino effects

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-209

  Körnert, Jan ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banking crises; Banking supervision; National banking era

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037411149     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-4431(02)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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