Ownership structure, market discipline, and banks' risk-taking incentives under deposit insurance

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2666-2678

  Forssbæck, Jens ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bank risk; Deposit insurance; Market discipline; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960910979     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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