A Pyrrhic Victory? Bank Bailouts and Sovereign Credit Risk

Journal of Finance

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2689-2739

  Acharya, Viral ^a   Drechsler, Itamar ^a   Schnabl, Philipp ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84900403656     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12206     Document Type: Article

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