The performance of commercial banks and government-owned specialized banks in Thailand is estimated after the 1997 East Asian financial crisis. Commercial banks exhibit increasing returns to scale, whereas government-owned specialized banks exhibit decreasing returns to scale, implying further...

The return to operator's labour and management in sole proprietorship firms and partnership firms is compared using matching samples to determine if multi-managed firms produce greater returns. Data were obtained from a farm business management program for the years 1998 through 2001. Managers...