Competitive conditions among the major British banks

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2025-2042

  Matthews, Kent ^a   Murinde, Victor ^b   Zhao, Tianshu ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British banking; Competitive conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249705321     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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