Financial Consumption and the Cost of Finance: Measuring Financial Efficiency in Europe (1950–2007)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the European Economic Association
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1542-4766,1542-4774
DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvx008