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Scale economies and input price elasticities in microfinance institutions
Hartarska, Valentina; Shen, Xuan; Mersland, Roy - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 1, pp. 118-131
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 …
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Cross-border bank mergers and acquisitions efficiency: the role for synergies.
Namonyuk, Vasyl - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The issue of cross-border bank mergers and acquisitions efficiency is considered. The effect of synergy gains on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004211
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What factors drive systemic risk during international financial crises?
Weiß, Gregor N.F.; Bostandzic, Denefa; Neumann, Sascha - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 41 (2014) C, pp. 78-96
We analyze the determinants of the contribution of international banks to both global and local systemic risk during prominent financial crises. We find no empirical evidence supporting conjectures that bank size, leverage, non-interest income or the quality of the bank’s credit portfolio are...
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Does co-integration and causal relationship exist between the non-stationary variables for Chinese bank’s profitability? Empirical evidence
bellalah, Mondher; Levyne, Olivier; Masood, Omar - Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application … - 2013
This study aims to give the analysis of the determinants of banks’ profitability in the Kingdom of China over the period starting 2003. The paper investigates the co-integration and causal relationship between total assets (TA) and total equity (TE) of Saudi banks. The analysis employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633157
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The Italian Financial System
Consolandi, Costanza; Gabbi, Giampaolo; Matthias, Massimo; … - Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable … - 2013
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THE SOUNDNESS OF THE BANKING SYSTEM DURING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
TOMULEASA, Ioana-Iuliana - In: SEA - Practical Application of Science (2014) 2, pp. 598-608
system actors. The paper’s main purpose is to provide a comparative analysis of the performance and efficiency of commercial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764346
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Risks and Efficiency in the Islamic Banking Systems: The Case of Selected Islamic Banks in MENA Region
Said, Ali - In: International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 3 (2013) 1, pp. 66-73
The present paper examined the correlation between risks and efficiency within Islamic banks in the MENA area. This … paper used three stages of analyses. The first stage consisted of measuring the efficiency of those banks by employing the … examine the correlation between credit, operational, liquidity risks to efficiency for the period of 2006 to 2009. The study …
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MEASURING THE EFFICIENCY IN THE ROMANIAN BANKING SYSTEM THROUGH THE METHOD OF THE DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA)
Manta, Alina Georgiana; Badîrcea, Roxana Maria - In: Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series 1 (2014) 42, pp. 23-34
efficiency. In order to estimate the banking efficiency we have applied the Data Envelopment Analysis – DEA technique. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010819553
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THE SOUNDNESS OF THE BANKING SYSTEM DURING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
TOMULEASA, Ioana-Iuliana - In: SEA - Practical Application of Science (2014) 3, pp. 598-608
system actors. The paper’s main purpose is to provide a comparative analysis of the performance and efficiency of commercial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079638
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Too big to succeed? Banking sector consolidation and efficiency
Montgomery, Heather; Harimaya, Kozo; Takahashi, Yuki - In: Journal of International Financial Markets, … 32 (2014) C, pp. 86-106
This study examines the effect of banking sector consolidation on bank profit and cost efficiency using data from Japan …. Our analysis shows that bank merger events have little impact on profit efficiency, but significantly lower cost … efficiency. This suggests that government-coordinated consolidation of banks, especially in a post-crisis environment, results in …
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