Bank Efficiency in Croatia: A Stochastic-Frontier Analysis

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 282-300

  Kraft, Evan ^a   Tirtiroglu, Dogan ^b  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK   (Croatia)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 0038856977     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1998.1517     Document Type: Article

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