Cost and profit efficiencies in transition banking: The case of new EU members

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1079-1090

  Kasman, Adnan ^a   Yildirim, Canan ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Business Administration ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL SERVICES;

EID: 33744906075     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600639022     Document Type: Article

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