Risk management and the costs of the banking crisis

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-24

  Honohan, Patrick ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CEPR ^*

Author keywords

Banking crisis; Prudential regulation; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049126189     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950108099839     Document Type: Article

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