Consistency conditions for regulatory analysis of financial institutions: A comparison of frontier efficiency methods

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-114

  Bauer, Paul W ^b   Berger, Allen N ^a   Ferrier, Gary D ^b   Humphrey, David B ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Efficiency; Financial institutions; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002315382     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(97)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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