Banking deregulation around the world, 1970s to 2000s: The impact on unemployment

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-42

  Feldmann, Horst ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking regulation; Labor market; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859398707     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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