The impact of liberalization on the productive efficiency of Indian commercial banks

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 332-345

  Bhattacharyya, Arunava ^a   Lovell, C A K ^b   Sahay, Pankaj ^c  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Christensen Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001328863     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00351-7     Document Type: Article

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