Factors affecting the concentration of financial services in the non metropolitan United States, 2000-2003
While processes such as mergers and acquisitions decreased the number of firms, competition between these firms prompted the growth of new establishments in banking and financial services. While a larger proportion of the literature has focused on the structural and regulatory changes among firms that have arose during this transformation, little attention has been given to the factors that affect the location of physical establishments. This is particularly the case in relation to the location of new banking establishments in the nonmetropolitan U.S. It is the intention of this thesis to come to a better understanding of the factors that affect the locations of these establishments, in hopes of adding more insight into the process of bank establishment growth.
School:Kansas State University
School Location:USA - Kansas
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:bank growth industrial location node sociology general 0626
Date of Publication:01/01/2007