Branch banking, bank competition, and financial stability

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1293-1328

  Carlson, Mark ^a   Mitchener, Kris James ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank consolidation; Branch banking; Financial stability; Great Depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747147841     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0067     Document Type: Review

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