Cost efficiency impact of bank branch characteristics and location: An illustrative application to Greek bank branches

Managerial Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-185

  Giokas, Dimitris I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Commercial banks; Cost effectiveness; Greece; Mathematical programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015707844     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350810848054     Document Type: Article

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