Product mix, bank powers, and complementarities at U. S. commercial banks

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-218

  Rogers, Kevin ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank powers; Complementarities; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041946620     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(97)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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