The determinants of operational risk in U.S. financial institutions

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1683-1725

  Chernobai, Anna ^a   Jorion, Philippe ^b   Yu, Fan ^c,d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84857270763     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109011000500     Document Type: Article

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