Bank market structure, competition, and SME financing relationships in European regions

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-155

  Mercieca, Steve ^a   Schaeck, Klaus ^b   Wolfe, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank market structure; Relationship banking; SME financing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350365069     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-009-0060-0     Document Type: Article

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