Bank concentration, competition, and crises: First results

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1581-1603

  Beck, Thorsten ^a   Demirgüç Kunt, Asli ^a   Levine, Ross ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking system fragility; Industrial structure; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645913251     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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