Bank deregulation is better than mergers

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 429-449

  Valverde, S Carbó ^a   Humphrey, David B ^b   Rodriguez Fernandez F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank mergers; Competition; Deregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038796470     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-4431(03)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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