Banking activities and local output growth: Does distance from centre matter?

Regional Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-244

  Öyildirim, Süheyla ^a   Önder, Zeynep ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Banking activities; Distance; Financial centre; Local growth

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; LOCAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 40749090809     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400601142829     Document Type: Article

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