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KEIRETSU AND RISK: AN EXAMINATION OF THE RISK EXPOSURE OF KEIRETSU BANKS IN JAPAN
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Abstract
We compare risk positions adopted by keiretsu and non-keiretsu banks in Japan and examine how the risk positions of Japanese banks changed following the conclusion in 1997 of an escalating series of banking crises in Japan and East-Asia. The results indicate that keiretsu banks take less risk than non-keiretsu banks, and that Japanese banks in general adopted lower risk profiles after 1997. Japanese bank risk is positively associated with the ratio of non-performing loans to c...
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