Measuring efficiency at U.S. banks: Accounting for heterogeneity is important

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 230-242

  Mester, Loretta J ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Cost efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000653019     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00344-X     Document Type: Article

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