The impact of government ownership on bank risk

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-176

  Iannotta, Giuliano ^a   Nocera, Giacomo ^b   Sironi, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bank risk; European banking; Government ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875243944     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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