Scale economies, bank mergers, and electronic payments: A spline function approach

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1671-1696

  Humphrey, David B ^a   Vale, Bent ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORGES BANK   (Norway)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Functional form; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442664196     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2003.05.003     Document Type: Article

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