Branch banking as a device for discipline: Competition and bank survivorship during the Great Depression

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-210

  Carlson, Mark ^a   Mitchener, Kris James ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INCOME;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65949084481     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599015     Document Type: Article

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