The Return of Political Risk: Foreign-Owned Banks in Emerging Europe

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 548-566

  Kudrna, Zdenek ^a   Gabor, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INVESTMENT; POLITICAL RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84875983309     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: 14653427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2013.779458     Document Type: Review

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