Efficiency in private banking: Evidence from Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-93

  Burgstaller, Johann ^a   Cocca, Teodoro D ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Private banking; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751535564     PISSN: 15554961     EISSN: 1555497X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11408-010-0147-5     Document Type: Article

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