Obstacles to a global banking system: "Old Europe" versus "New Europe"

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1955-1973

  Berger, Allen N ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Cross border; Europe; Globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249732126     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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