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In this paper we deal with the measurement of technical efficiency (or X-efficiency) of institutions whose operations might be significantly affected by macroeconomic, environmental and non-controllable factors. For this purpose we introduce a four-stage DEA methodology based on the approach...
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The great majority of Austrian banks operate on a regional or local basis and only a few banks provide their services on a national or even international scale. Obviously, the market environments regional or local banks face are different from that of nationwide operating banks. Casual evidence...
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In this paper we investigate the performance of the Austrian banks which have, either actively or passively, participated in a domestic intra-banking merger or acquisition operation since 1995. For this purpose we apply the DEA methodology in combination with a Tobit regression approach to...
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bank profitability: the structure-conduct-performance hypothesis, the efficient-structure hypothesis and the relative …
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adoption of a merger strategy. We use various matching techniques to estimate the treatment effects of bank mergers on the … bank performance, especially, in terms of improved cost efficiency. The findings also suggest that pre-merger effects are …
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companies it is less likely that the chairperson of the supervisory board is a former executive of the same bank. Over time …
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nationwide, regarding different outreach indicators. At the federal state level, bank outreach shows South-North and West …-East gaps. Combining regional and bank data at the district level for 2005, we examine the determinants of geographic and … share of elder people and bank size in a region. Because of their public mission to serve all regions, public savings banks …
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Since 1994, the German banking market is confronted with an entry wave of direct banks. This banking innovation may be explained by developments on the supply side as well as on the demand side. It is pushed by developments in telecommunication technologies during a period of rising cost...
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Empirical research about structure, conduct and performance in banking markets has developed mostly independently from the microeconomic theory of banking. The present paper reviews the literature by focusing on the links between theoretical and empirical research. It considers basic conditions,...
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