From state to foreign ownership: The banking sector in Eastern and Central Europe

Global Economy Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Marton, Katherin ^a   McCarthy, Cornelia H ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

Author keywords

Banking; Financial depth; Foreign ownership; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549145150     PISSN: 15245861     EISSN: 15245861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1524-5861.1410     Document Type: Article

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