We follow a two-stage procedure to examine for the first time the cost efficiency of Greek cooperative banks. Our sample consists of 16 banks over the period 2000-2004. We first use data envelopment analysis (DEA) to estimate the technical, allocative and cost efficiency for each bank in sample....

This study aims to assess the Cost Efficiency (CE) of the Greek cooperative banks over the period 2000–2005. We first use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate the technical, allocative and cost efficiency for each bank in sample. Then, we use a bootstrapping censored (Tobit)...

This paper investigates the relevance of non-traditional activities in the estimation of bank efficiency els using a sample of 752 publicly quoted commercial banks from 87 countries around the world, allowing comparison of the impact of such activities under different levels of economic...

This study uses a sample of 715 banks from 95 countries and two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) to provide international evidence on the impact of regulations and supervision approaches on banks' efficiency. We first use DEA to estimate technical and scale efficiency. We then use Tobit...

This paper uses stochastic frontier analysis and Tobit regressions to provide international evidence on the impact of regulatory, supervision and environmental factors on bank efficiency. Our contribution is twofold. First, we use a newly constructed database of 3,086 observations from 677...

We investigate the association between the regulatory and supervision framework and the acquisition likelihood in the Asian banking industry. The sample consists of 472 commercial banks operating in 9 South and Southeastern Asian countries, from which 52 were acquired between 1998 and 2004,...

Prior studies on the determinants of audit reports focus on non-financial sectors. In contrast, the present study examines the determinants of auditors' opinion in the banking industry, using a sample of banks drawn from 9 Asian countries over the period 1995-2004. We use logistic regression and...

This study uses a sample of 715 banks from 95 countries and two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) to provide international evidence on the impact of regulations and supervision approaches on banks' efficiency. We first use DEA to estimate technical and scale efficiency. We then use Tobit...

This paper employs the statistical cost accounting method on a sample of 36 domestic and 44 foreign banks operating in the UK over the period 1996-2002 to examine the relationship between profits and asset-liability composition. The sample was initially split into high and low profit banks by...