compare the two bank types on the basis of cost efficiency. We decompose cost efficiency into a persistent and a residual … estimates show community banks to exhibit a 4.9% higher efficiency compared to their non-community counterparts. The … regulatory front. Size is non-linearly related to efficiency and large community banks are the most efficient. A strong positive …

This paper examines how efficiency dynamics of Islamic and conventional banks compare and how they are converging … both steady state efficiency and the speed of convergence of Islamic and conventional banks are similar. A non … across countries, which could explain the plurality in conclusions in the Islamic/conventional bank efficiency debate. We …