Nonparametric Analysis of Profit Maximization Behavior of the Iranian Banks

The weak axiom of profit maximization (WAPM) is used to analyze the optimization behavior of 18 Iranian banks within 10 years (2000-2009). In general the banks in the Iranian economy can be divided into 2 groups, state and privately owned banks. Nonparametric nature of this test allows us to study t...

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Main Authors: Mohammadali Dehghan Dehnavi, Kazem Yavari, Seyed Ebrahim Hoseini Nasab, Bahram Sahabi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tarbiat Modares University 2012-09-01
Series:پژوهشهای اقتصادی
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Online Access:http://ecor.modares.ac.ir/article-18-3831-en.pdf