Uncertainty and total factor productivity in the Taiwanese banking industry

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 753-766

  Huang, Cliff J ^a   Fu, Tsu Tan ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; DEREGULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; INVESTMENT; LIBERALIZATION; MODELING; STOCK MARKET; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 67650337847     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100802167288     Document Type: Article

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