Are there any cost and profit efficiency gains in financial conglomeration? evidence from the accession countries

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 603-621

  Chronopoulos, Dimitris K ^a   Girardone, Claudia ^b   Nankervis, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accession countries; Dea; Efficiency; Financial conglomerates; Two stage approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961053098     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2010.538300     Document Type: Article

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