ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND SCOPE IN SMALL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS - EVIDENCE FROM US COOPERATIVE BANKS

Authors
REZVANIAN R MEHDIAN S ELYASIANI E
Citation
R. Rezvanian et al., ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND SCOPE IN SMALL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS - EVIDENCE FROM US COOPERATIVE BANKS, The Quarterly review of economics and finance, 36(1), 1996, pp. 39-54
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Business Finance",Economics
Journal title
The Quarterly review of economics and finance → ACNP
ISSN journal
10629769
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
39 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
1062-9769(1996)36:1<39:EOSASI>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
This paper derives the scale and scope economy measures for the U.S. c ooperative banks for the years 1989, 1990 and 1991 using the translog cost function. The results suggest that cooperative banks can save cos ts through increasing their size and diversifying their outputs.