Measuring efficiency when competitive prices aggregate differences in product quality and risk

Research in Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-76

  Hughes, Joseph P ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Efficiency; Quality; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033096105     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/reec.1998.0173     Document Type: Article

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