A comprehensive analysis of the effects of risk measures on bank efficiency: Evidence from emerging Asian countries

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1727-1735

  Sun, Lei ^a,b   Chang, Tzu Pu ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Credit risk; Marginal effects; Market risk; Operational risk; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955618752     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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