Efficiency and productivity effects of bank mergers: Evidence from the Greek banking industry

Economic Modelling

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 236-254

  Rezitis, Anthony N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Malmquist productivity; Mergers; Translog distance function

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349171186     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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