Efficiency and stock performance in European banking

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 245-262

  Beccalli, Elena ^a   Casu, Barbara ^b   Girardone, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiency; European banking; Market performance; SFA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645122567     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.01362.x     Document Type: Article

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