THE COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY OF "GRUPO" AND FOREIGN CONTROLLED BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA

Bank efficiency studies in Latin America document that foreign banks are more efficient than local banks, but they do not isolate the performance ofbanks that are a part ofbusiness groups ("Grupos "). We investigate the efficiency o f Grupos as compared to foreign banks and find that in th...

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Main Authors: Steven Lovell, Andres Rivas, Dave Jackson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: People & Global Business Association (P&GBA) 2005-03-01
Series:Global Business and Finance Review
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Online Access:http://www.gbfrjournal.org/pds/journal/thesis/20150624114234-E6JT4.pdf