Information, institutions, and banking sector development in West Africa

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 739-753

  Demetriades, Panicos ^a   Fielding, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84863553779     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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