Productivity growth in the Greek banking industry: A non-parametric approach

Journal of Applied Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-138

  Rezitis, Anthony N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiency; Greek banking; Malmquist index; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249818998     PISSN: 15140326     EISSN: 16676726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2006.12040641     Document Type: Article

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