The determinants of bank credit in industrialized countries: Do property prices matter?

International Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-234

  Hofmann, Boris ^a  

^a Zentrum F Europaische Integrationsf   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 11044221996     PISSN: 13670271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1367-0271.2004.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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