The Effectiveness of Regulatory Capital Requirements Prior to the Onset of the Financial Crisis

International Review of Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 199-221

  Abreu, José Filipe ^a   Gulamhussen, Mohamed Azzim ^b  

^a BANCO DE PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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EID: 84930276174     PISSN: 1369412X     EISSN: 14682443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irfi.12046     Document Type: Article

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