The welfare cost of bank capital requirements

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 298-320

  Van den Heuvel, Skander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank capital; Capital requirements; Liquidity; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249093509     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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