What drives deregulation? Economics and politics of the relaxation of bank branching restrictions

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1437-1467

  Kroszner, Randall S ^a   Strahan, Philip E ^a  

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EID: 0039844367     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399556223     Document Type: Article

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