The consolidation of the financial services industry: Causes, consequences, and implications for the future

Journal of Banking & Finance - Tập 23 Số 2-4 - Trang 135-194 - 1999
Allen N. Berger1,2, Rebecca S. Demsetz3, Philip E. Strahan3
1Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Mail Stop 153, Federal Reserve Board, 20th and C Sts. N.W., Washington, DC 20551, USA
2Wharton Financial Institutions Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
3Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY, 10045, USA

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