Clustering or Competition? The Foreign Investment Behaviour of German Banks
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Clustering or competition? The foreign investment behaviour of German banks
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.524003