Labor-use efficiency in Indian banking: A branch-level analysis

Omega

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 411-425

  Das, Abhiman ^a   Ray, Subhash C ^b   Nag, Ashok ^a  

^a RESERVE BANK OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank; Branch; Cost; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149095533     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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