Determinants of efficiency in South East Asian banking

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2693-2719

  Gardener, Edward ^a   Molyneux, Philip ^a   Nguyen Linh, Hoai ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Saigonbank for Industry and Trade ^*  (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

DEA; efficiency; regulation; South East Asian banking

Indexed keywords

BANKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84858274244     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2010.512659     Document Type: Article

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