Efficiency and credit rating in Taiwan banking: Data envelopment analysis estimation

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2587-2600

  Chiu, Yung Ho ^a   Ma, Chun Mei ^a   Sun, Ming Yuan ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Capital Market Division   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVESTMENT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77954941437     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840801964443     Document Type: Article

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