BankofCanada       BanqueduCanada
                     WorkingPaper2004-24/Documentdetravail2004-24
                          CompetitioninBanking:
                         AReviewoftheLiterature
                                     by
                              CarolAnnNorthcott
                              ISSN 1192-5434
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                               BankofCanadaWorkingPaper2004-24
                                      June2004
                              CompetitioninBanking:
                              AReviewoftheLiterature
                                        by
                                   CarolAnnNorthcott
                               Monetary and Financial Analysis Department
                                     Bank of Canada
                                 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0G9
                                  cnorthcott@bankofcanada.ca
                            The views expressed in this paper are those of the author.
                         No responsibility for them should be attributed to the Bank of Canada.