Efficiency and risk in Japanese banking

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1605-1628

  Altunbas, Yener ^a   Liu, Ming Hau ^b   Molyneux, Philip ^c   Seth, Rama ^d  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost functions; D21; Economies of scale; G21; G23; Inefficiencies; Japanese banks; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000917581     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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