Loan loss provisioning and economic slowdowns: Too much, too late?

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-197

  Laeven, Luc ^a   Majnoni, Giovanni ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank regulation; Banks; Loan loss provisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844364742     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-9573(03)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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