Banking conduct before the European single banking license: A cross-country comparison

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-104

  Shaffer, Sherrill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Cross country; Market structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347669908     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9408(01)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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