Efficiency in pre-merger and post-merger non-bank financial institutions

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 439-452

  Worthington, Andrew C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 0041403007     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1033     Document Type: Article

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