Do European primarily internet banks show scale and experience efficiencies?

European Financial Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 643-671

  Delgado, Javier ^a   Hernando, Ignacio ^a   Nieto, María J ^a  

^a BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost and income structure; Experience economies; Internet banks; Profitability; Scale economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547894216     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2007.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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