This study investigates the sources of bank efficiency in Colombia over the period 2000-2011. To perform this research …, the authors propose a score of bank efficiency using the directional distance function, which was estimated using data … envelopment analysis. Additionally, they use an ordered probit panel regression to explore the effects of some market-related and …

This article analyzes the sources of bank efficiency in Colombia over the period 2000-2011. To perform this research …, the authors propose a score of bank efficiency using the directional distance function, which was estimated using data … envelopment analysis. Additionally, they use an ordered probit panel regression to explore the effects of some market-related and …

parametric methods. Thus, the implicit assumption of serial independence of bank production in most methods has an important …

bank/firm data, we find that public guarantees reduce allocative efficiency. With guarantees in place, poorly performing … Bürgschaften auf die Kreditvergabe identifizieren zu können („Allokationseffizienz“). Unter Verwendung zusammengeführter Bank- und …

credit constraints on firm-level innovation. We find that access to bank credit helps firms to adopt existing products and … acquiring external know-how. We find no evidence that bank credit also stimulates firm innovation through in-house R&D. This …

The goal of this paper is to study the link between bank credit (and internal funding) and average firm size in …