The fat years: The structure and profitability of the US banking sector in the pre-crisis period

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 609-632

  Tregenna, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Competition; Concentration; Financial crisis; Financial institutions; Market structure; Profitability

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; PROFITABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650376934     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bep025     Document Type: Article

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