Foreign Banks in Croatia: Reasons for Entry, Performance and Impacts

Journal of Emerging Market Finance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-174

  Kraft, Evan ^a  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

banking; Croatia; Foreign banks; foreign direct investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007677803     PISSN: 09726527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097265270400300204     Document Type: Article

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