Left out on a limb? Bank branch closures in rural South Australia, 1981-1998

South Australian Geographical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue , 1999, Pages 3-18

  Argent, Neil ^a   Rolley, Fran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CLOSURE; DEREGULATION; FINANCIAL POLICY; RURAL FINANCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0005681153     PISSN: 10300481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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