Deregulation and productivity growth: A study of the Indian commercial banking industry

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-343

  Zhao, Tianshu ^a,b   Casu, Barbara ^c   Ferrari, Alessandra ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deregulation; Indian banking; Malmquist index; Productivity change

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249174474     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.019990     Document Type: Article

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