Bank concentration and competition: An evolution in the making

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 36, Issue 3 II, 2004, Pages 433-451

  Berger, Allen N ^a   Demirgüç Kunt, Asli ^b   Levine, Ross ^c   Haubrich, Joseph G ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Competition; Concentration; Financial institutions; Market structure; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142755120     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2004.0040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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