The nonparametric risk-adjusted efficiency measurement: An application to Taiwan's major rural financial intermediaries

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 902-913

  Chang, Ching Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disposability; Efficiency; Nonparametric approach; Regulatory effect; Risk

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL PROVISION; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0032706845     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244333     Document Type: Article

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