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This paper studies efficiency and scale economies in the Japanese non-life insurance industry using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with inclusion of input prices in the model. Japanese non-life insurers generally score quite high in technical efficiency but low in allocative efficiency, which...
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treasury bills in the banks' asset portfolio indicates that commercial banks during this period did not play their traditional …
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treasury bills in the banks' asset portfolio indicates that commercial banks during this period did not play their traditional …
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This study examines whether domestic banks perform better than their foreign-owned counterparts, by examining the … banking system across eight Southeast Asian countries for the period 1994–2005. According to our results, banks' performance … negatively associated with bank profits. Our results also suggest that multinational banks, possessing global advantage, are more …
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This study aims to assess the Cost Efficiency (CE) of the Greek cooperative banks over the period 2000–2005. We first … factors influence banks' efficiency. The results of DEA indicate that Greek cooperative banks could improve their cost …
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efficient compared to the Pakistani banking sector. The empirical findings seem to suggest that presence of Islamic banks does …
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study also highlights growth opportunities by noting that Islamic banks in many jurisdictions are yet to enter into …
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The high concentration of the banking sector is a cross-border phenomenon that has a strong impact on local and global economies. The primary goal of this paper is to analyse the factors that affect concentration in banking systems around the world. The innovation of this paper is that it...
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. Recent studies on sticky costs challenged this assumption. This study shows that sticky costs were observed in banks of … that cost structure and macroeconomic climate might be valid explanations for cost behaviour. Banks with higher proportions … of fixed costs show lower reductions of costs when demand declines. Banks that operate in an uncertain economic …
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This paper critically evaluates the performance of Indian banks by examining quantitative data on bank profitability … the performance of Indian banks with respect to the quality of their disclosures. The assessment indicates deteriorating … for an improvement in the risk management skills of Indian banks and their supervisors. Such practices may necessitate …
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