costs. We used two different concepts of efficiency, namely, cost efficiency and alternative profit efficiency, and found … efficiency of CRBs. We failed to find very conclusive evidence that corporate governance theories apply to the Philippines' CRBs … that agency costs should reduce efficiency of CRBs, and we found a much clearer relationship on that issue. As expected …

Spezialisierung auf die Effizienz untersucht. Um die Auswirkungen der Reformen und die Veränderungen in den Agrarunternehmen zu … der durchschnittlichen Effizienz im Vergleich von 1993 zu 2000. Bei der Betrachtung der Einflussfaktoren auf die … technische Effizienz hat die Wahl der Rechtsform keinen Einfluss. Hingegen beeinflussen Betriebsgröße und Spezialisierung die …

Most previous research on efficiency in banking takes a regulatory perspective. In contrast, this paper investigates … the empirical relation between efficiency and profitability in five large economies of the European Union during the … period 1998-2005 and discusses the results from the perspective of corporate bank strategy. Methodologically the existing …

bank profitability. We evaluate a broad field of research by introducing a general framework for a profit maximizing bank … suggest ways to more clearly distinguish between market power and efficiency, and explain why we need time-dependent models …

directions since then: Italy privatized its publicly-owned banks while Germany has maintained a large share of state … activities have affected banks' productivity in the period 1994-2004, differentiating between technical change, efficiency change …

Motivated by anecdotal as well as econometric evidence from Italy, we ask whether private schools can provide lower … offering at a positive price lower quality than the public school can be an equilibrium. The calibrated parameters for Italy …

inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters' performance in Italy …

the immigration of foreigners replaces domestic mobility from poor to rich regions. We focus on Italy, which is …