From reputation amidst uncertainty to commitment under stress: More than a decade of foreign-Owned banking in transition economies

Comparative Economic Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-494

  Bonin, John P ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

banking; credit boom; financial crisis; foreign banks; transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649534126     PISSN: 08887233     EISSN: 14783320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ces.2010.22     Document Type: Article

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