EVALUATING COST PERFORMANCE OF BANKS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC

Economic Papers

Volumn 25, Issue , 2006, Pages 61-70

  Brown, Kym ^a   Skully, Michael ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banks; Cost Efficiency; DEA

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549100235     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2006.tb00416.x     Document Type: Article

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