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On the regulatory application of efficiency measures

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  • Rossi, Martin Antonio
  • Ruzzier, Christian Alejandro

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Utilities Policy.

Volume (Year): 9 (2000)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 81-92

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Handle: RePEc:eee:juipol:v:9:y:2000:i:2:p:81-92
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  9. Guohua Feng & Apostolos Serletis, 2009. "Efficiency and productivity of the US banking industry, 1998-2005: evidence from the Fourier cost function satisfying global regularity conditions," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 24(1), pages 105-138.

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