Using efficiency measures to distinguish among alternative explanations of the structure-performance relationship in banking

Managerial Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-31

  Berger, Allen N ^a,b   Hannan, Timothy H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84969212428     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb018599     Document Type: Article

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