Patterns of competition in banking

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 287-313

  Shaffer, Sherrill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank competition; Monopoly; Rosse Panzar; Thrifts

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042691589     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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