An empirical investigation of operating performance in the new European banking landscape

Global Finance Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-45

  Staikouras, Christos ^a   Mamatzakis, Emmanuel ^b   Koutsomanoli Filippaki, Anastasia ^c  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c Ministry of Economy and Finance   (Greece)

Author keywords

Administrative expenses; Bank size; European banking sector; Operating performance; Ownership structure; Personnel expenses

Indexed keywords

EID: 45049088034     PISSN: 10440283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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