Technical and allocative efficiency in European banking

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-163

  Brissimis, Sophocles N ^a,b   Delis, Manthos D ^c   Tsionas, Efthymios G ^d  

^a BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

European banking; Maximum likelihood; Technical and allocative efficiency; Translog cost function

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN TECHNIQUES; EFFICIENCY MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; TECHNICAL AND ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRANSLOG; TRANSLOG COST FUNCTIONS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COST FUNCTIONS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

EID: 70450223888     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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