Regulatory incentives and the thrift crisis: Dividends, mutual-to-stock conversions, and financial distress

Journal of Finance

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1285-1319

  Kroszner, Randall S ^a   Strahan, Philip E ^a  

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EID: 0039272230     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1996.tb04070.x     Document Type: Article

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