Bank risk-taking, securitization, supervision, and low interest rates: Evidence from the Euro-area and the U.S. lending standards

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2121-2165

  Maddaloni, Angela ^a   Peydró, José Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

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EID: 79957447003     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr015     Document Type: Article

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