We evaluate the efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs) using a structural approach which also captures these … improvements in efficiency can come from the growth or consolidations of MFIs, as we find substantial increasing returns to scale …

This paper advances the study of Fiordelisi and Molyneux (2010) by examining the shareholder value efficiency and its … of various bank-risk, bank-specific, and macroeconomic variables. This study finds that cost efficiency gains, credit … efficiency changes are also found to significantly influence cost of equity capital. …

This paper contributes to the bank efficiency literature through an application of recently developed random parameters … analyse the evolution of the average rank cost efficiency for Latin American banks between 1985 and 2010. Cost efficiency …

performance with respect to revenue inflow and efficiency gains in the short- or long-run (initial public offerings). The positive … paper innovatively estimates interest income efficiency and non-interest income efficiency at the same time. The results …

We investigate the effect of strategic investors on bank efficiency in the context of regional economic development … strategic investors significantly increase efficiency in Chinese city commercial banks, while the effect of strategic investors … on the efficiency of Chinese city commercial banks is negatively correlated to the level of regional economic development …

By using stochastic frontier analysis, this article examines the technical efficiency of different types of … microfinance institutions in Latin America. In particular, it tests whether differences in technical efficiency, both intra- and … the importance of ownership type for technical efficiency. …

investigates whether and how bank profit efficiency is influenced by the central bank’s involvement in financial supervision, the … unification of financial authorities, and the independence of the central bank. The results show that efficiency decreases as the … negative impact on bank profit efficiency. …

The objective of this study is to examine technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Indian banking sector …