Cost-efficiency, scale efficiency, and productivity change are estimated by data envelopment analysis; and cost-efficiency …

-specific characteristics are found to have a considerable influence on bank efficiency …This paper investigates the efficiency of domestic and foreign banks in the Central American region during 2002 … acquired by global banks in a wave of acquisitions during 2005-07 can keep up with the local institutions. The efficiency of …

suggests that (1) foreign ownership with controlling power and enterprise restructuring enhances commercial bank efficiency; (2 … commercial bank efficiency by applying a version of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to bank-level data from a wide range of … countries have been successful in eliminating underlying distortions and restructuring their financial sectors, in some cases …

African (MENA) countries in the period 1994 -2008. We evaluate bank efficiency in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon and Tunisia … bank specific variables on bank efficiency. Overall, the analysis shows that, despite similarities in the process of …This study examines the effect of financial-sector reform on bank performance in selected Middle Eastern and North …

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 …

We use bank level data to study the efficiency of banks in Sub-Saharan African middle-income countries and provide … possible explanations for the difference in the efficiency levels of banks. We find that banks, on average, could save 20 … and domestic private banks. Among the factors that could affect the efficiency levels are macroeconomic stability, depth …

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 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 …

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 …