Returns to scale and efficiency of credit associations in Japan: A nonparametric frontier approach

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-277

  Fukuyama, Hirofumi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese credit associations; Nonparametric frontier approach; Returns to scale; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030508782     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-1425(96)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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