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Cost efficiency of Belgian banks during the 90s
Weill, Laurent - In: Brussels Economic Review 49 (2006) 1, pp. 21-36
This paper aims to analyze the cost efficiency of Belgian banks for the period 1992-2000. Efficiency is measured with stochastic frontier approach. Our results are: (a) Efficiency level of Belgian banks is about 72%, meaning the existence of strong potential gains in cost efficiency for Belgian...
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The Influence of Bank Ownership on Credit Supply : Evidence from the Recent Financial Crisis
Fungáčová, Zuzana - 2012
the banking sector consists of a mix of state-controlled banks, foreign-owned banks, and domestic private banks. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105138
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Excessive Takeover Premiums Paid by Acquiring Banks Controlled by Mutual Banks : The Case of Crédit Agricole–Crédit Lyonnais
Lobez, Frédéric - 2012
In France, mutual banks played a key role during the recent period of consolidation of the banking industry because … went public to raise the capital needed to finance this megadeal. However, there are conflicts of interest between … interest in the banking industry between minority shareholders and controlling shareholders of the bidder appear particularly …
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