The Luenberger indicator and productivity growth: A note on the European savings banks sector

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 747-755

  Williams, Jonathan ^a   Peypoch, Nicolas ^b   Barros, Carlos Pestana ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; PRODUCTIVITY;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; LUNEBURG;

EID: 79951700477     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840802599859     Document Type: Article

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