Velentza, Aikaterini-Foteini; Girardone, Claudia; … - In: International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance 1 (2008) 2, pp. 168-188
This paper investigates the impact of alternative financial and banking structures on banks' overall efficiency. The effect of size on the estimated banking efficiency is also examined. These issues are addressed by first measuring the cost efficiencies over 1998?2003 for a sample of commercial,...