The banking network as a transmission channel of migrant remittances: The case of Greek and Italian banks in Albania

Transition Studies Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 674-684

  Karafolas, Simeon ^a   Sariannidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albania; Bank; Greece; Italy; Migration; Remittances

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849161717     PISSN: 16144007     EISSN: 16144015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11300-008-0036-z     Document Type: Article

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