What is the truth about the scale of japanese banks' bad debts? Is the situation manageable?

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-91

  Hall, Maximilian J B ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bad debts; Banks; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042226913     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008159207445     Document Type: Article

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