Financial fragility and natural disasters: An empirical analysis

Journal of Financial Stability

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 180-192

  Klomp, Jeroen ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banking sector; Financial fragility; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904888046     PISSN: 15723089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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