The impact of islamic banking on the cost efficiency and productivity change of Malaysian commercial banks

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2033-2054

  Abdul Majid, Mariani ^a   Saal, David S ^b   Battisti, Giuliana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTICITY;

FAR EAST; MALAYSIA;

EID: 79959499720     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840902984381     Document Type: Article

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