Demutualization and the remapping of financial landscapes

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-241

  Martin, Ron ^a   Turnert, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building societies; Demutualization share ownership institutions; Deregulation; London

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SERVICES; SERVICE SECTOR; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EID: 0033933066     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.2000.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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