An examination of cost structure and production performance of commercial banks in Singapore

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-98

  Rezvanian, Rasoul ^a   Mehdian, Seyed ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practiced frontier; Cost inefficiency; Parametric methodology; Singaporean banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242877580     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00172-2     Document Type: Article

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