Does bank capital affect lending behavior?

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 436-457

  Gambacorta, Leonardo ^a   Mistrulli, Paolo Emilio ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bank capital; Bank lending; Basel standards; Monetary transmission mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 7644241532     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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