Regulatory opportunism: Cross-national patterns in national banking regulatory responses following the global financial crisis

Public Administration

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 561-581

  Young, Kevin L ^a   Park, Sung Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84901193957     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2012.02102.x     Document Type: Article

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