Economies of scale in UK building societies: A re-appraisal using an entry/exit model

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2365-2382

  Drake, Leigh ^a   Simper, Richard ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building societies; Cost frontier analysis; Entry exit model; Scale efficiency; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036888967     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(01)00214-X     Document Type: Article

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