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Framework for banking sector liberalization

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Banking Sector Liberalization in India

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The previous two sections have dealt with the main elements of transformation studies and the financial liberalization hypothesis. This section attempts to integrate these two approaches into a framework for the liberalization of the banking sector.

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(2008). Framework for banking sector liberalization. In: Banking Sector Liberalization in India. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1982-3_6

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