Competition, herd behavior, and credit cycles: Evidence from major Swiss Banks

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 585-592

  Rötheli, Tobias F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Credit supply; Herd behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944418664     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(01)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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