Does Bank Affiliation Mitigate Liquidity Constraints? Evidence from Germany's Universal Banks in the Pre-World War I Period

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-272

  Becht, Marco ^a   Ramírez, Carlos D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242350500     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3648968     Document Type: Review

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