A note on efficiency and productivity growth in the Korean Banking Industry, 1992-2002

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2371-2386

  Park, Kang H ^a   Weber, William L ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; Bank productivity; Korean banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745992969     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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