results on the basis of banks' size finds that TFP growth is higher for smaller banks on average over the entire period of our …/value – This paper is believed to be the first that examines the productivity growth of Greek cooperative banks. …

to examine a sample of 24 banks, 9 of which were acquired between 1998 and 2002. Findings -It is found that profit and … in terms of deposits, the number of branches, the annual growth of bank's total assets and the size of banks are … the five largest banks, the mean return on average assets of the industry and the average total assets growth, only the …

This study uses a sample of foreign and domestic banks operating in Greece during 1999-2004 to examine the impact of … efficiency equal to 0.7325 showing that the banks in sample could improve their efficiency by 26.75%. Over the same period, scale … efficiency was equal to 0.6830. The comparison of the efficiency scores by group of ownership shows that domestic banks have …

This study analyses the impact of OBS on banking productivity growth using a sample of 712 banks from 84 countries …

This paper examines the relationship between the regulatory and supervision framework and the productivity of banks in … a positive impact on productivity. Restrictions on banks’ activities relating to their involvement in securities …

characteristics is built that includes banks operating in 10 OECD countries during the period 2000-2006. We find a negative …

We use country level data and bank level data from 71 countries and 857 banks to investigate the impact of bank … cost efficient banks, with higher than average levels of provisions relatively to their income, and lower liquidity tend to … have lower ratings. Larger and more profitable banks tend to obtain higher ratings. Higher equity to assets ratio results …