The competitive dynamics of geographic deregulation in banking: Implications for productive efficiency

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 897-928

  Evanoff, Douglas D ^a   Ors, Evren ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank mergers; Banking deregulation; Cost X efficiency; Market entry

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749142800     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2008.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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