Multimarket contact and profitability in banking: Evidence from Italy

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-271

  Coccorese, Paolo ^a   Pellecchia, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banking; Competition; Linked oligopoly; Multimarket contact; Mutual forbearance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349220782     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-009-0057-8     Document Type: Article

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