X-efficiency of Australian Permanent Building Societies, 1974-1990

Economic Record

Volumn 72, Issue 218, 1996, Pages 246-259

  Esho, Neil ^a   Sharpe, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0008989710     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1996.tb00957.x     Document Type: Review

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