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What drives the performance of selected MENA banks? : a meta-frontier analysis
Naceur, Sami Ben; Ben-Khedhiri, Hichem; Casu, Barbara - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487107
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What Drives the Performance of Selected Mena Banks? : A Meta-Frontier Analysis
Ben Naceur, Sami - 2011
This study examines the effect of financial-sector reform on bank performance in selected Middle Eastern and North … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402556
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Bank Efficiency Amid Foreign Entry : Evidence From the Central American Region
Wezel, Torsten - 2010
-specific characteristics are found to have a considerable influence on bank efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402808
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Explaining Efficiency Differences Among Large German and Austrian Banks
Hauner, David - 2004
Cost-efficiency, scale efficiency, and productivity change are estimated by data envelopment analysis; and cost-efficiency is regressed on explanatory variables. No evidence is found for average productivity responding to deregulation over the period studied. State-owned banks are found to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401366
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Determinants of Commercial Bank Performance in Transition : An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis
Grigorian, David A. - 2002
commercial bank efficiency by applying a version of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to bank-level data from a wide range of … transition countries. In addition to stressing the importance of some bank-specific variables, the censored Tobit analysis … suggests that (1) foreign ownership with controlling power and enterprise restructuring enhances commercial bank efficiency; (2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401624
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The Dynamics of Provincial Growth in China : A Nonparametric Approach
Unel, Bulent - 2006
China''s growth record since the start of its economic reforms in 1978 has been extraordinary. Yet, this impressive performance has been associated with an increasing regional income disparity. We use a recently developed nonparametric approach to analyze the variation in labor productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402399
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Government Spendingon Health Care and Education in Croatia : Efficiency and Reform Options
Gunnarsson, Victoria - 2008
This paper assesses the relative efficiency of government spending on health care and education in Croatia by using the so-called Data Envelopment Analysis. The analysis finds evidence of significant inefficiencies in Croatia''s spending on health care and education, related to inadequate cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401822
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Institutional Factors and Financial Sector Development : Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
Toroyan, Hovhannes - 2009
The paper assesses the effects of certain institutional factors on financial sector development in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA). Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is applied to determine the extent to which these institutions affect the financial sector, and to suggest which institutions play a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402225
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Pushed past the limit? : how Japanese banks reacted to negative interest rates
Hong, Gee Hee; Kandrac, John - 2018
In this paper, we investigate how negative interest rate policy (NIRP) introduced in January 2016 by the Bank of Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011878753
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Analysis of the Efficiency and Profitability of the Japanese Banking System
Loukoianova, Elena - 2008
regional banks being less cost and revenue efficient relative to both City and Trust banks. While Japanese bank profitability … banks, and the creation of bank consortia to pool resources for asset and risk management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401867