Technical progress, inefficiency, and productivity change in U.S. banking, 1984-1993

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 212-234

  Wheelock, David C ^a   Wilson, Paul W ^a  

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EID: 0033445455     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2601230     Document Type: Article

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