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Risk-Return Efficiency And Risk Determinants Of The European Banks

By: Bashkim Nurboja and  Marko Košak  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 129 - 148
Published on: Jun 30, 2025
Published by: University of Sarajevo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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