Estimating the technical and scale efficiency of Greek commercial banks: The impact of credit risk, off-balance sheet activities, and international operations

Research in International Business and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-318

  Pasiouras, Fotios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; DEA; Efficiency; Greece

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149101499     PISSN: 02755319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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