Choi, Onelack; Stefanou, Spiro E.; Stokes, Jeffrey R. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 67 (2007) May, pp. 55-73
various bank specific characteristics to explain the cost efficiency differences of agricultural banks. The results indicate … agricultural banks tend to be less efficient, (e) bank-specific characteristics can explain DEA efficiency scores better than they …A balanced panel data set covering 519 U.S. agricultural banks is constructed for the period 1996S2005. Cost efficiency …