Does bank competition and diversification lead to greater stability? Evidence from emerging markets

Review of Development Finance

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 152-166

  Amidu, Mohammed ^a   Wolfe, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank competition; Diversification; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886598939     PISSN: 18799337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdf.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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