Winners or losers? The effects of banking consolidation on corporate borrowers

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 669-695

  Di Patti, Emilia Bonaccorsi ^a   Gobbi, Giorgio ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

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EID: 33947266441     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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