Are Rural Commercial Banks Really More Efficient Than Agricultural Development Banks? - New Evidence from Bangladesh
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1991-02
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Ohio State University. Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the relative economic efficiency of rural commercial and development banks in Bangladesh using a normalized profit function. Contrary to the experiences of other developing countries, the development banks are relatively more technical and price efficient in producing loans than commercial banks.