How Does Cross-Border Activity Affect EU Banking Markets?

European Financial Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-320

  Lozano Vivas, Ana ^a   Weill, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Ecole de Management de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Banks; Competition; Cross border entry; Efficiency; European integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858404673     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2009.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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