Technical efficiency in the angolan banking sector with the b-convexity model

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 443-454

  Barros, Carlos P ^b   Liang, Qi Bin ^a,c   Peypoch, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c CAEPEM   (France)

Author keywords

Angola; B convexity; Banks; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FINANCIAL MARKET; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MODELING; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ANGOLA;

EID: 84908217087     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/saje.12034     Document Type: Article

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