The performance of universal banks: Evidence from Switzerland

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2121-2150

  Rime, Bertrand ^a   Stiroh, Kevin J ^b  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution free approach; Efficiency; Scale economies; Swiss banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141688286     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00318-7     Document Type: Article

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