Financial exclusion and the geography of bank and building society branch closure in Britain

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-465

  Leyshon, Andrew ^a   French, Shaun ^a   Signoretta, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank and building society branches; Financial exclusion and inclusion; Financial services; Public policy

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 51749091932     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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