Fiduciariand Firm Liquidity Constraints: The Italian Experience with German-Style Universal Banking

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-107

  Fohlin, Caroline ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0012670788     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1997.0690     Document Type: Article

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