To join or not to join? Do banks that are part of a financial holding company perform better than banks that are not?

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-128

  Shen, Chung Hua ^a   Chang, Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84855452556     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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