To what extent will the banking industry be globalized? A study of bank nationality and reach in 20 European nations

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-415

  Berger, Allen N ^a,b   Dai, Qinglei ^c   Ongena, Steven ^d   Smith, David C ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bank; Europe; Globalization; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037365353     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00386-2     Document Type: Article

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