Cost efficiency of the banking industry in the South Eastern European region

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-497

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

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Banking; Cost efficiency; Ownership structure; South Eastern European countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649107316     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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