A note on technical change in banking: The case of European savings banks

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 705-719

  Carbo, S ^a   Gardener, E P M ^b   Williams, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL SERVICES; SAVINGS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0038135066     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684022000035836     Document Type: Article

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