Do cross-country differences in bank efficiency support a policy of "national champions"?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2173-2188

  Carbó Valverde, Santiago ^a   Humphrey, David B ^b   López del Paso, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Cost efficiency; Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249717324     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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