Assessing the impact of proposed bank mergers on rural communities: A case study of British Columbia

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-39

  Bowles, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL MARKET; MERGER; RURAL ECONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0034074757     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006935709125     Document Type: Article

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