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Scale Efficiency in Canadian Trust Companies

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  • Jon Breslaw
  • James McIntosh

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A new method for estimating a relative scale function is derived which does not require the specification or estimation of the firm's cost function. The method is applied to a panel of Canadian trust companies for the years 1985–1988. Results show that the industry scale function is convex with respect to firm size, as measured by the firm's assets. The method avoids a number of shortcomings associated with traditional studies of scale economies in financial institutions. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

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  • Jon Breslaw & James McIntosh, 1997. "Scale Efficiency in Canadian Trust Companies," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 8(3), pages 281-292, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jproda:v:8:y:1997:i:3:p:281-292
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1007707721582
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