UK bank services for small business: How competitive is the market?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3087-3110

  Heffernan, Shelagh ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex oligopoly; Relative bargains rip offs; Shadow deposit rates; SME inertia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749627389     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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