Financial intermediation through markets and organizations: An information-boundary argument for financial organizations

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-189

  Collin, Sven Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Banks; Financial intermediation; Information; Transaction cost approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031161228     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(96)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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