Economies of scale and scope at large commercial banks: Evidence from the Fourier flexible functional form

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 178-199

  Mitchell, Karlyn ^a   Onvural, Nur M ^a  

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EID: 0001260667     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2078022     Document Type: Article

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