Regional growth and finance in Europe: Is there a quality effect of bank efficiency?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1446-1453

  Hasan, Iftekhar ^a,b   Koetter, Michael ^c,d   Wedow, Michael ^d  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BANK OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; Bank performance; Europe; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349262739     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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