How bank capital buffers vary across countries: The influence of cost of deposits, market power and bank regulation

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 892-902

  Fonseca, Ana Rosa ^a   González, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capital buffers; Cost of capital; Market power; Panel data; Regulation; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849123360     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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