Measuring the operational efficiency of commercial banks in Namibia

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 586-595

  Ikhide, Sylvanus I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Banking efficiency

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMETRICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; TRANSACTION COST;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 59749084525     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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