Scale Efficiency in Canadian Trust Companies

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 281-292

  Breslaw, Jon A ^a   Mcintosh, James ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Panel data; Scale efficiency; Trust companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031487676     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007707721582     Document Type: Article

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