This study investigates the relationship between production efficiency in financial intermediation and financial system …, and market concentration affect significantly the production efficiency of financial intermediaries …

This paper examines the case for efficiency-driven banking sector consolidation in Italy, evaluates its potential … gradually recovers, operational efficiency gains are nonetheless needed to restore large parts of the banking system to healthy … profitability. Banking system consolidation can play a role in facilitating such efficiency gains, but its effectiveness is likely …

The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … highcost, high-income system, particularly with respect to retail/services, and efficiency gains have yet to fully materialize …

interest rate spreads and margins in Armenia using a bank-level panel dataset for the period 2002 to 2006. We find that bank …-specific factors, such as bank size, liquidity, and market power, as well as the market structure within which banks operate, explain a … potential to increase cost efficiency and competition in the banking system …

This study assesses the determinants of banking system efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and asks what, besides … the degree of efficiency, explains the low level of financial development in the region. It uses stochastic frontier … analysis to measure efficiency and a generalized method of moments system to explain financial development. SSA banks are found …

The paper analyzes the efficiency and profitability of Japanese banks from 2000-06. It uses a non-parametric approach …, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze banks'' cost and revenue efficiency. The results show that the performance … regional banks being less cost and revenue efficient relative to both City and Trust banks. While Japanese bank profitability …

far-reaching banking sector reforms undertaken in Uganda to improve competition and efficiency. Using models that have … has been associated with a rise in efficiency. Moreover, on average, larger banks and foreign-owned banks have become more …

provide guidance to policymakers regarding bank privatization …This paper provides an overview of the possible linkages between state-owned banks, privatization, and banking sector …

External demand was the main driver of growth in Thailand in 2006 and 2007. However, WEO projections indicate …, and high oil prices. While the share of Thai exports to the US has fallen in recent years, the US remains Thailand …''s largest export destination. We use a small structural model and Bayesian estimation to assess the possible impact of a U …