The effect of organizational structure on efficiency: Evidence from the Spanish insurance industry

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3113-3150

  Cummins, J David ^a   Rubio Misas, Maria ^b   Zi, Hongmin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cross frontier analysis; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Expense preference; Organizational form; Spanish insurance industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 6444237977     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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