What caused the Irish banking crisis?

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 224-242

  O'Sullivan K P V ^a   Kennedy, Tom ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Banking industry; Financial economy; Ireland; Recession; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953890784     PISSN: 13581988     EISSN: 17400279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13581981011060808     Document Type: Article

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