Efficiency in Japanese banking: An empirical analysis

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 891-917

  Drake, Leigh ^a   Hall, Maximilian J B ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Data envelopment analysis; Technical and scale efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037404957     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00240-6     Document Type: Article

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