Efficiency and productivity growth in the banking industry of Central and Eastern Europe

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 557-567

  Koutsomanoli Filippaki, Anastasia ^a   Margaritis, Dimitris ^b   Staikouras, Christos ^c  

^a Ministry of Economy and Finance   (Greece)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Banking efficiency; Directional distance functions; Luenberger productivity indicator; Stochastic frontier analysis; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149163307     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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