An insight into the specification of the input-output set for DEA-based bank efficiency measurement

Journal fur Betriebswirtschaft

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-37

  Ahn, Heinz ^a   Le, Minh Hanh ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bank behaviour models; Bank efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Pitfalls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899480366     PISSN: 03449327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11301-013-0098-9     Document Type: Article

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