When do foreign banks 'cut and run'? Evidence from west European bailouts and east European markets

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 847-877

  Epstein, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

bank subsidiaries; cutting and running; European integration; financial crisis; Foreign bank ownership; Vienna Initiative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901691073     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2013.824913     Document Type: Article

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