Central and East European Bank Responses to the Financial 'Crisis': Do Domestic Banks Perform Better in a Crisis than their Foreign-Owned Counterparts?

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 528-547

  Epstein, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL MARKET; CENTRAL BANK; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; OWNERSHIP;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84875999673     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: 14653427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2013.779453     Document Type: Article

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