The efficiency and the conduct of European banks: Developments after 1992

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-396

  Schure, Paul ^a   Wagenvoort, Rien ^b   O'Brien, Dermot ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK   (Luxembourg)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banking; Economies of scale; European banking; Technological progress; X efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 9144252247     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rfe.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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