The efficiency of self-regulated payments systems: Learning from the suffolk system

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 766-797

  Calomiris, Charles W ^b   Kahn, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040898887     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2077920     Document Type: Article

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