Two-stage DEA in banks: Terminological controversies and future directions

Highlights • This paper presents a systematic review of the literature on two-stage DEA in banks.• We identified seven gaps in the literature for two-stage DEA models.• We discussed several controversial points regarding two-stage DEA models.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Expert systems with applications

• Publication date

  2020-06-29

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Business, Economics, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113632PMID 32834557PMCID 7322493
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