The technical efficiency of large bank production

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 495-509

  Miller, Stephen M ^a   Noulas, Athanasios G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Large banks; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030118357     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4266(95)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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