Cost efficiency in Australian non-bank financial institutions: A non-parametric approach

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-98

  Worthington, Andrew C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Credit unions; Data envelopment analysis; Technical, allocative and cost efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010630572     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.00036     Document Type: Article

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