Structural reforms and banking efficiency in the new EU States

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-21

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

^a Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternative profit inefficiency; New EU countries; Structural reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649224416     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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