SPULBAR, Cristi; NITOI, Mihai; ANGHEL, Lucian - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting (2015) 1, pp. 5-21
In this article, we used a stochastic frontier model to estimate the cost efficiency of cooperative banks and savings banks from nine countries over the period 2005 to 2011. In addition, we analyzed the influence of certain variables that quantify the risk and performance of cooperative banks...