Banking in transition economies: Does foreign ownership enhance profitability?

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 545-562

  Naaborg, Ilko ^a   Lensink, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Foreign ownership; Profitability; Transition countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949091993     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470701322268     Document Type: Article

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