Malmquist-type indices in the presence of negative data: An application to bank branches

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1472-1483

  Portela, Maria C A S ^a   Thanassoulis, Emmanuel ^b  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank branches; DEA; Directional distance functions; Luenberger indicators; Malmquist indices; Meta frontier; Negative data in DEA

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952668953     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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