Bank ownership and performance. Does politics matter?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-241

  Micco, Alejandro ^a   Panizza, Ugo ^b   Yañez, Monica ^c  

^a CENTRAL BANK OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Ownership; Performance; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845317848     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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