The impact of the Asian financial crisis on bank efficiency: The 1997 experience of Malaysia and Thailand

Journal of International Development

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 866-889

  Sufian, Fadzlan ^a,b  

^a Khazanah Research and Investment Strategy   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Financial crisis; Malaysia; Multivariate regression analysis; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BANKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FAR EAST; MALAYSIA; THAILAND;

EID: 77957126011     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1589     Document Type: Article

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