Corporate lobbying, political connections, and the bailout of banks

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3007-3017

  Blau, Benjamin M ^a   Brough, Tyler J ^a   Thomas, Diana W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate bailouts; Government policy; Lobbying; Regulation of financial institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878649935     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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