Against the background of the problem of Non Performing Loans, the lack of data causes banking behaviour in China being …

market segments), various banking categories and over time. Two related but diverging dimensions of efficiency are considered …This paper seeks to discover the level and spread of bank efficiency in the EU, which in the light of the current and …: X-efficiency, measuring managerial ability, and cost level differences, reflecting national economic and institutional …

criteria: (i) profitability; (ii) risk; (iii) market power, and (iv) efficiency. We use this scorecard to compare the …

Over the past few decades, the worldwide banking industry has undergone strong consolidation. As a result, the number …

concluded, that the theoretical recommendations are to a certain degree already applied in practice. Examples are risk …

This paper employs stochastic frontier cost and profit models to estimate economies of scale as well as X-efficiency … tend to exhibit higher average profit efficiency than European banks on average. Moreover, banks in the U.S. are more … notion that potential efficiency gains are possible via geographic expansion of large European and U.S. banks. …

view - is that it is essential to understand where the profit comes from and what risks the bank or the banking sector is …

This paper provides a survey on recent developments in the European banking industry. Traditional banking activities … mainly been of a domestic nature. Information technology has changed banks' production, products and markets, whereas the …, competition and efficiency. Finally, the question is addressed whether the observed consolidation and increased competition may …