Cost and profit efficiency in European banks

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-58

  Maudos, Joaquín ^a,b   Pastor, José M ^b   Pérez, Francisco ^a,b   Quesada, Javier ^a,b  

^a University of Valencia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; European banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142686260     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-4431(01)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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