Banking competition and efficiency: A micro-data analysis on the Czech banking industry

Comparative Economic Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-273

  Pruteanu Podpiera, Anca ^a   Weill, Laurent ^b   Schobert, Franziska ^c  

^a CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

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EID: 43549127101     PISSN: 08887233     EISSN: 14783320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100248     Document Type: Conference Paper

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