Monitoring and market power in credit markets

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-288

  Hyytinen, Ari ^a   Toivanen, Otto ^b  

^a Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Banks; Credit losses; Human capital; Information acquisition; Location; Market power

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BANKS; CREDIT LOSSES; MARKET POWER;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0346009323     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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