The sources of productivity change in Spanish banking

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 364-380

  Grifell Tatje E ^a   Lovell, C A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Efficiency; Malmquist index; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000210316     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00353-0     Document Type: Article

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