Concentration and foreign penetration in Latin American banking sectors: Impact on competition and risk

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1633-1647

  Yeyati, Eduardo Levy ^a   Micco, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

^b Gobierno de Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Banking; Competition; Concentration; Finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248360787     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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