Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA) is applied to a panel of 700 Italian Banks. The analysis is based on the joint estimation of a … that the cost efficiency of cooperative banks (CCB) is always higher than that observed for joint-stock companies (LTD) and … Popolari banks. Third, the study suggests that cost efficiency tends to decrease as bank size increases. Finally, as regards …

applying the Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA) to a panel of 700 banks, the analysis is based on the joint estimation of a … indicates that the cost efficiency of cooperative banks (BCC) is always higher than that observed for other banks (SPA and … role of the determinants of banks efficiency ("what makes a bank efficient"), it also shows the presence of simultaneity …

The paper estimates and compares cost efficiency of domestic and foreign banks in Thailand by using bank-panel data … significant acquisitions by foreign banks after the 1997 financial crisis. The widely used translog functional form specification … domestic and foreign banks are indistinguishable, although the two types of banks focus on different areas of the banking …

banks and analyze whether efficiency measures yield consistent results according to five criteria between 1993 and 2004 …. Furthermore, our results show that accounting for systematic differences among commercial, cooperative and savings banks is …

previous papers, no significance difference is found for the average cost efficiency scores of banks for the two countries … during 2002-2006. How banks are ranked for efficiency depends upon the chosen model (input and output sets). An interesting … insight is the finding that most banks in both countries are below optimal size. …

estimate CE and PE of German banks between 1993 and 2003. Our main findings are threefold. First, after accounting for … systematic differences across banks, mean CE is sensitive to alternative input prices. Second, distortions of mean PE due to … traditional input prices are small. Third, across CE models small cooperative banks located in large western states are identified …

Cost inefficiency of banks in many countries is quite high. Financial sector reforms in India are also aimed at … improving efficiency, productivity and profitability of banks via increased competitiveness. An assessment based on a fairly … general framework in the Indian context has found that cost inefficiency of domestic banks in the post-reforms period is not …

This paper considers cost and profit efficiency for Australian banks between 1995 and 2002. Data Envelopment Analysis … (DEA) is used to construct an efficient frontier for ten banks listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Empirical results … indicate the major banks have improved their cost and profit efficiency, while the regional banks have experienced little …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of banks’ sovereign debt exposures on the financial development of … Turkey. Results of the bounds test reveal a long-run and negative equilibrium relationship between banks’ domestic claims on …