Understanding the rise and decline of the Japanese main bank system: The changing effects of bank rent extraction

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-50

  Wu, Xueping ^a   Yao, Jun ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bank risk; Financial deregulation; Investment efficiency; Main bank; Rent extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655144389     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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