Do environmental variables affect the performance and technical efficiency of the European banking systems? A parametric analysis using the stochastic frontier approach

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-146

  Cavallo, Laura ^a   Rossi, Stefania P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banking Systems; Cost Efficiency; Productivity; Stochastic Cost Frontier; Technical Efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043125921     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470110076277     Document Type: Article

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