Determinants of bank-market structure: Efficiency and political economy variables

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 735-754

  GonzÁlez, Francisgo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Banking structure; Efficiency; Institutions; Regulation; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649086135     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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