Regional disparities in Japanese banking performance

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-89

  Miyakoshi, Tatsuyoshi ^a   Tsukuda, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SERVICE PROVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 2142716930     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2004.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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