Integration and competition in the European financial markets

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-45

  Fernández de Guevara, Juan ^a   Maudos, Joaquín ^a,b   Pérez, Francisco ^a,b  

^a University of Valencia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; European financial markets; Integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846574864     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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