Revisiting the quiet life hypothesis in banking using nonparametric techniques

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 159-187

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Maudos, Joaquín ^b   Tortosa ausina, Emili ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

banking; Data Envelopment Analysis; efficiency; Lerner index; market power; nonparametric regression; savings bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925970752     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2012.726929     Document Type: Article

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