Is universal banking justified? Evidence from bank underwriting of corporate bonds in Japan

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-186

  Kang, Jun Koo ^a   Liu, Wei Lin ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Conflicts of interest; Japanese main bank; Underwriting; Universal banking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947547033     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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