The evolution of Malaysian banking sector's efficiency during financial duress: Consequences, concerns, and policy implications

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-389

  Sufian, Fadzlan ^a,b  

^a PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Malaysia; Panel regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349263861     PISSN: 17558077     EISSN: 17558085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJADS.2010.036852     Document Type: Article

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