Banking sector reforms in Pakistan: Economies of scale and scope, and cost complementarities

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 507-528

  Iimi, Atsushi ^a  

^a JBIC Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost complementarities; Economies of scale; Economies of scope; Pakistani banking industry; Translog cost function

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344569941     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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