Domestic and multinational determinants of foreign bank profits: The case of Greek banks operating abroad

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Kosmidou, Kyriaki ^a,b   Pasiouras, Fotios ^a,c   Tsaklanganos, Angelos ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Foreign banks; Multinational banking; Profits

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845595592     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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