The Efficiency of Foreign and Domestic Banks in Central and Eastern Europe: Evidence on Economies of Scale and Scope

Journal of Emerging Market Finance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-205

  Green, Christopher J ^a   Murinde, Victor ^b   Nikolov, Ivaylo ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Economic Development   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 85007707268     PISSN: 09726527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097265270400300205     Document Type: Article

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