Did branch banking restrictions increase bank failures? Evidence from Virginia and West Virginia in the late 1920s

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-352

  Rami ́rez, Carlos D ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank failures; Branch banks; Unit banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744368496     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-6195(03)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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