Ownership and technical efficiency of microfinance institutions: Empirical evidence from Latin America
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.03.018
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Microfinance; Efficiency; Technology; Stochastic frontier; Ownership type; Latin America;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- L31 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
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