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How Do Bank Capital and Capital Buffer Affect Risk: Empirical Evidence from Large US Commercial Banks

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|May 2021

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Language: English
Page range: 109 - 131
Submitted on: Dec 15, 2019
Accepted on: Apr 28, 2020
Published on: May 12, 2021
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