Privatization, foreign bank entry and bank efficiency in Croatia: A Fourier-flexible function stochastic cost frontier analysis

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2075-2088

  Kraft, Evan ^a   Hofler, Richard ^b   Payne, James ^c  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PRIVATIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749010601     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500427361     Document Type: Article

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