Efficiency and risk in Latin American banking: Explaining resilience

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-130

  Kasman, Adnan ^a   Carvallo, Oscar ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

capital; efficiency; Latin American banking; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880305815     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/REE1540-496X490207     Document Type: Article

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