Effect of Fed policy actions on the default likelihood of commercial banks

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-162

  Akhigbe, Aigbe ^a   Madura, Jeff ^b   Martin, Anna D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846884770     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: 14756803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6803.2007.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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