Impact of an input-output specification on efficiency scores in data envelopment analysis: A banking case study

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Issue		RAIRO-Oper. Res. Volume 55, 2021 Regular articles published in advance of the transition of the journal to Subscribe to Open (S2O). Free supplement sponsored by the Fonds National pour la Science Ouverte


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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2020040
Published online		02 March 2021

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