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The Efficiency of Mandatory Pension Funds: Case of Croatia

South East European Journal of Economics and Business
Volume 14 (2019): Issue 2 (December 2019)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2019-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2233-1999
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Language: English
Page range: 82 - 94
Published on: Dec 30, 2019
Published by: University of Sarajevo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year
Keywords:
mandatory pension funds,
technical efficiency,
data envelopment analysis,
pension system
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Business management,
Business management, other

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