Free banking and the stability of early joint-stock banking

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 903-919

  Hickson, C R ^b   Turner, J D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bank regulation; Banking stability; Free banking; Limited liability

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGULATORY APPROACH; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042846050     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/beh036     Document Type: Article

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