Efficiency in Australian building societies: An econometric cost function approach using panel data

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 459-467

  Worthington, Andrew C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 0347597186     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096031098332754     Document Type: Article

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