The credit crisis around the globe: Why did some banks perform better?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Beltratti, Andrea ^a   Stulz, René M ^b,c,d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d European Corporate Governance Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bank fragility; Bank performance; Capital; Credit crisis; Governance; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861785324     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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