reduced cost inefficiency and reduced X-inefficiency at a faster rate than rent-seeking inefficiency. -- Bank Efficiency …

"Profitability improvements after the privatization of a large state-owned bank might come at the expense of reduced … access to financial services for some groups, especially the rural poor. The privatization of Tanzania's National Bank of … Commerce provides a unique episode for studying this issue. The bank was split into the "new" National Bank of Commerce, a …

The recent literature on measuring bank performance indicates a preference for sophisticated techniques over simple … accounting ratios. We explore the results and relationships between bank efficiency estimates using accounting ratios and Data … the traditional accounting ratios and the sophisticated DEA methodology in the measurement of bank efficiency. GLS random …