Interest rates and bank risk-taking

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 840-855

  Delis, Manthos D ^a   Kouretas, Georgios P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bank risk taking; Euro area banks; Interest rates; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951551421     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.09.032     Document Type: Article

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