How significant is the alleged unfair advantage enjoyed by state-owned banks in Germany?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-226

  Chakravarty, S P ^a   Williams, Jonathan M ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Banking; Competition; Dispersion; Efficiency; European directive; Privatisation

Indexed keywords

PRIVATIZATION; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33644969585     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bei042     Document Type: Article

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