Efficiency, ownership and financial structure in European banking: A cross-country comparison

Managerial Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-245

  Girardone, Claudia ^a   Nankervis, John C ^a   Velentza, Ekaterini Fotini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Corporate ownership; Europe; European Union; Organizational structures; Resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015678328     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350910931753     Document Type: Article

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