A theory of bank capital

Journal of Finance

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2431-2465

  Diamond, Douglas W ^a   Rajan, Raghuram G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0039028808     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00296     Document Type: Article

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