X-efficiency in banking: Looking beyond the balance sheet

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 987-1013

  Clark, Jeffrey A ^a   Siems, Thomas F ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036843757     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2002.0053     Document Type: Article

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