The theory and practice of financial stability

Economist

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 531-568

  Crockett, Andrew ^a  

^a BIS ^*

Author keywords

Asymmetric and private information; General financial markets; Government policy and regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041742814     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01371939     Document Type: Article

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