Yu, Yingzhuo; Escalante, Cesar; Deng, Xiaohui; Houston, Jack - In: Applied Financial Economics 21 (2011) 15, pp. 1103-1116
This study presents results of cost estimation and efficiency analyses of various size categories of agricultural and nonagricultural commercial banks using the Fourier Flexible (FF) function model. The traditional cost estimation model is expanded in this study with the inclusion of loan...