Efficiency of banks: Recent evidence from the transition economies of Europe, 1993-2000

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-143

  Yildirim, H Semih ^a   Philippatos, George C ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Efficiency; Stochastic cost frontier; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947510304     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470600763687     Document Type: Article

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