Technical efficiency in a semi-formal financial sector: The case of Mexico

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-74

  Paxton, Julia ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846886904     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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