Bank mergers and crime: The real and social effects of credit market competition

Journal of Finance

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 495-538

  Garmaise, Mark J ^a   Moskowitz, Tobias J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33644919136     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2006.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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