Bank efficiency in South-Eastern Europe

Economics of Transition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 495-520

  Fang, Yiwei ^a   Hasan, Iftekhar ^a   Marton, Katherin ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; Foreign ownership; Institutional development; Market power; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FIRM OWNERSHIP; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MARKET TRANSITION; PRIVATIZATION; PROFITABILITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 79959729434     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2011.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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