Bank competition and stability: Cross-country heterogeneity

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-244

  Beck, Thorsten ^a   De Jonghe, Olivier ^a   Schepens, Glenn ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bank competition; Deposit insurance; Financial stability; Herding; Information sharing; Risk shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875240343     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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