Cross-country comparisons of competition and pricing power in European banking

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-134

  Carbó, Santiago ^a   Humphrey, David ^b   Maudos, Joaquín ^c   Molyneux, Philip ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Competition; Pricing power

Indexed keywords

EID: 58749116454     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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