Why do contagion effects vary among bank failures?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 657-680

  Akhigbe, Aigbe ^a   Madura, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank failures; Contagion effects; G14; G21; Total risk shifts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037877043     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00092-3     Document Type: Article

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