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Competition in banking: measurement and interpretation

In: Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Empirical Finance

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  • Hong Liu
  • Phil Molyneux
  • John O.S. Wilson

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  • Hong Liu & Phil Molyneux & John O.S. Wilson, 2013. "Competition in banking: measurement and interpretation," Chapters, in: Adrian R. Bell & Chris Brooks & Marcel Prokopczuk (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Empirical Finance, chapter 8, pages 197-215, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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