Evaluating the financial performance of bank branches

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 321-337

  Pastor, Jesús T ^a   Lovell, C A Knox ^b   Tulkens, Henry ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Banking; Performance indicators; Variable deletion tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747833033     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-006-0038-3     Document Type: Article

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