Domestic mergers in the Austrian banking sector: A performance analysis

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-196

  Hahn, Franz R ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MERGER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33847231295     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100601043706     Document Type: Article

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