Bank interest margins in OECD countries

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-260

  Hawtrey, Kim ^a   Liang, Hanyu ^b  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bank; Interest margin

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749133328     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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