different banks as being best or worst performers. Our main conclusion is that efficiency studies in general and bank efficiency … affect estimated efficiency levels and rankings. We find that the level of efficiency scores is affected in the case of both … studies in particular should account for heterogeneity across sample firms. Especially when efficiency measures are employed …

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 …

technologies because of the very high external financing costs they face. Our point of departure is that the efficiency of the … processing bank loan applications might obstruct investments in high-tech projects and favour, instead, low-return, self …

This study examines the productivity growth of the nationwide banks of China over the ten years to 2006. Using a …

This paper aims to estimate bank efficiency differences across member states of the European Union and tries to explain … their causes. We show on an empirical basis that the level and spread of bank efficiency in the EU and their changes are … between the old and new member states, irrespective of the specifications of the model. With respect to profit efficiency …

The inability of most bank merger studies to control for hidden bailouts may lead to biased results. In this study, we … employ a unique data set of approximately 1,000 mergers to analyze the determinants of bank mergers. We use data on the …