Problem loans and cost efficiency in commercial banks

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 849-870

  Berger, Allen N ^a,b   DeYoung, Robert ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial banks; Cost efficiency; Granger causality; Loan quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031161387     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(97)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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