Banking structure and regional economic growth: Lessons from Italy

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 691-714

  Usai, Stefano ^a   Vannini, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC GROWTH; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 30644463487     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-005-0022-x     Document Type: Article

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