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Performance and Efficiency of the Portuguese Banking System

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The main purpose of this chapter is to examine accounting-based indicators of profitability, risk, and operating efficiency for the Portuguese banking system from 1993–2009, using a dataset drawn from the OECD’s Banking Statistics—Financial Statements of Banks database.1

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dos Santos, M.C. (2016). Performance and Efficiency of the Portuguese Banking System. In: Banking in Portugal. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230371422_6

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