Efficiency and risk-taking behaviour of Ghanaian Banks

Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies

Volumn 12, Issue PARTB, 2012, Pages 53-74

  Isshaq, Zangina ^a   Bokpin, Godfred A ^b   Amoah, Benjamin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Foreign ownership; Ghana; Market power; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888324238     PISSN: 14793563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3563(2012)000012B007     Document Type: Article

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