Why do banks fail?

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-248

  Basu, Santonu ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; KNOWLEDGE; LENDING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0043127484     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269217032000090469     Document Type: Article

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