Estimating switching costs: The case of banking

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-56

  Kim, Moshe ^a   Kliger, Doron ^a   Vale, Bent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NORGES BANK   (Norway)

Author keywords

Banking; Switching costs; Transition probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037261933     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-9573(02)00005-0     Document Type: Review

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