Transatlantic banking crisis: Analysis, rating, policy issues

International Economics and Economic Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-48

  Welfens, Paul J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banking; EU; Financial innovations; Financial market reforms; Macroeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952319171     PISSN: 16124804     EISSN: 16124812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10368-010-0155-y     Document Type: Article

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