How fast do banks adjust? A dynamic model of labor-use with an application to Swedish banks

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-102

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Heshmati, Almas ^b   Hjalmarsson, Lennart ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catch up factor; Efficiency; Labor requirement frontier; Panel data; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036095610     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015756527109     Document Type: Article

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