Banking efficiency in transition economies: The role of foreign ownership

Economics of Transition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 569-592

  Weill, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Banks; Efficiency; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

BANKING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; POLAND;

EID: 0142025038     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00155     Document Type: Article

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