Banks' buffer capital: How important is risk

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 493-513

  Lindquist, Kjersti Gro ^a  

^a NORGES BANK   (Norway)

Author keywords

Banking; Excess capital; Panel data; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842554287     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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