Characteristics determining the efficiency of foreign banks in Australia

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2346-2360

  Sturm, Jan Egbert ^a,b   Williams, Barry ^c  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distance functions; Factor analysis; Foreign bank efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949092410     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.12.029     Document Type: Article

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