Cost efficiency in the European securities settlement and depository industry

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3058-3079

  Van Cayseele, Patrick ^a,b   Wuyts, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CES quadratic cost function; Economies of scale and scope; Safekeeping and depository industry; Settlement; Translog cost function

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548485793     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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