Market power in local banking monopolies

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1196-1210

  Coccorese, Paolo ^a  

^a CSEF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banking; Conduct; Market structure; Monopoly

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049106894     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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