In response to the recent global financial crisis, the regulatory authorities in many countries have imposed stringent capital requirements in the form of the BASEL III Accord to ensure financial stability. On the other hand, bankers have criticized new regulation on the ground that it would...

The study develops a hypothesis validation process to test whether estimated cost inefficiency fits the theoretical distribution of the estimate of inefficiency, given the initial assumption of a half normal distribution for the ineffi¬ciency term in the stochastic frontier model. The...

The Critical Access Hospital (CAH) program has been created to protect small, financially vulnerable rural hospitals in the U.S. by granting them Medicare cost-based reimbursement. However, there have been concerns that this type of reimbursement might have a negative impact on the cost...

This study explores the relationship between cost inefficiency and profitability in the U.S. life insurance industry. Earnings have particular importance to life insurance companies because earnings and capital determine the viability of the insurer. Since the life insurance industry is mature...