Malmquist indices of pre- and post-deregulation productivity, efficiency and technological change in the Singaporean banking sector

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 599-618

  Lee, Boon L ^a   Worthington, Andrew C ^b   Leong, Wai Ho ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UK Banking Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

banking; deregulation; Efficiency; Malmquist indices; productivity

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMPETITIVENESS; DEREGULATION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTIVITY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 78651519063     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590810003948     Document Type: Article

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