What determines the composition of banks' loan portfolios? Evidence from transition countries

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 388-398

  De Haas, Ralph ^a   Ferreira, Daniel ^b   Taci, Anita ^a  

^a EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign banks; Legal environment; Portfolio composition; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449124418     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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