The impact of bank regulations, supervision, market structure, and bank characteristics on individual bank ratings: A cross-country analysis

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-438

  Pasiouras, Fotios ^a,b   Gaganis, Chrysovalantis ^a   Zopounidis, Constantin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Ratings; Regulations; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749657613     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-006-0045-0     Document Type: Article

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