Diversification disasters

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-348

  Ibragimov, Rustam ^a   Jaffee, Dwight ^b   Walden, Johan ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Financial institutions; Limits of diversification; Systemic risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650311388     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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