Differential impact of Korean banking system reforms on bank productivity

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1450-1460

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a   Chang, Hsihui ^b   Lee, Seok Young ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bank restructuring; Capital adequacy ratio; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Financial crisis; Korean commercial banks; Non performing loans; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952671754     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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