De facto versus de jure bank-insurance ventures in the Greek market

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-263

  Kalotychou, Elena ^a   Staikouras, Sotiris K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bancassurance ventures; Banking industry; Financial institutions; Insurance markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247522334     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510124     Document Type: Article

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