Ownership, competition, and bank productivity: An analysis of Indian banking in the post-reform period

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-247

  Sanyal, Paroma ^a   Shankar, Rashmi ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank ownership; Bank productivity; Competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551682440     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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