Testing the 'Quiet Life' Hypothesis in the Italian Banking Industry

Economic Notes

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-202

  Coccorese, Paolo ^a   Pellecchia, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FINANCIAL MARKET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84860375304     PISSN: 03915026     EISSN: 14680300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0300.2011.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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