Productivity growth in large US commercial banks: The initial post-deregulation experience

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 913-939

  Mukherjee, Kankana ^a   Ray, Subhash C ^a   Miller, Stephen M ^a  

^a Univ C   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank productivity; D24; Deregulation; G21; Malmquist index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041834701     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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