The study provides new empirical evidence on the efficiency of a dual compared to a single banking sector. Using data on the Indian and Pakistani banking sectors, we analyse the efficiency of both banking sectors in the recent financial crises of 2004-2010. We employ the Data Envelopment...

By employing the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI), this paper attempts to examine the effect of Non-Commercial Bank Financial Institutions (NCBFIs) revenue management strategy via diversification into the non-traditional activities during the period 2000-2004. To do so, the procedure is...

The article seeks to examine the internal and external factors that influenced the performance of banks operating in the Indian banking sector during the period 2000–08. The empirical findings from this study suggest that credit risk, network embeddedness, operating expenses, liquidity...

In the mid-1990s, East Asian countries have experienced severe financial crisis that were followed by deep economic downturns. A variety of methodologies have been used to explain the Asian financial crisis. However, the impact of the Asian financial crisis of 1997 on the efficiency of the...

The paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom on bank efficiency. By employing the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method, we compute the efficiency of the Indonesian banking sector during the post-Asian financial crisis period of 1999-2008. The empirical findings from...

By applying the non-parametric Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method, this paper attempts to investigate the sources of productivity change in China's State-Owned Commercial Banks (SOCBs) and Joint-Stock Commercial Banks (JSCBs) between 2000 and 2005. The empirical findings suggest that...

This paper seeks to examine the determinants of the profitability of the Chinese banking sector during the post-reform period of 2000¨C2005. The empirical findings from this study suggest that all the determinants variables have statistically significant impact on China banks profitability....

By employing the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method, this paper attempts to examine the impact of Off-Balance Sheet (OBS) items on Chinese banks' total factor productivity. The results suggest that state-owned, joint stock and city commercial banks have exhibited lower Total Factor...

This paper examines the impact of non-traditional activities on the China banking sector's technical and scale efficiency during the post-reform period 2000-2005. The paper follows the procedures set by Isik and Hassan (2003) by omitting the off-balance sheet items first, before adding it as an...