Economies of scale in the Italian saving bank industry

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Simper, Richard ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011280311     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096031099332492     Document Type: Article

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