Bank capital and portfolio management: The 1930s "capital crunch" and the scramble to shed risk

Journal of Business

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 421-455

  Calomiris, Charles W ^a   Wilson, Berry ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042790413     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386525     Document Type: Review

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