Credit risk and efficiency in the European banking system: A three-stage analysis

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 895-911

  Pastor, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BANKING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); MODEL;

EID: 18444412727     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100110065873     Document Type: Article

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