Transaction Costs of Rural Bank Branches in Bangladesh

Aruna Srinivasan and Richard L. Meyer

No 327161, 1987 Annual Meeting, August 2-5, East Lansing, Michigan from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: A system of cost equations is estimated for rural bank branches in Bangladesh in order to evaluate the overall costs of financial intermediation and related cost concepts. Costs of intermediation are well above authorized spreads. The average bank displayed constant returns to scale.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 1987-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.327161

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