Regional financial development and bank competition: Effects on firms' growth

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-228

  de Guevara, Juan Fernández ^a,b   Maudos, Joaquín ^a,b  

^a University of Valencia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bank competition; Economic growth; Regional financial development

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FIRM SIZE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 61549096478     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701808907     Document Type: Article

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