This paper explores the cost and profit efficiencies of banks in China from 1996 to 2005 and their relation to the economic growth. We adopt the one-step stochastic frontier approach to estimate the cost and profit frontiers and efficiencies. The profit efficiency of banks has been improved...

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the financial performance of five Palestinian commercial banks listed on Palestine securities exchange (PEX). In this paper, Financial performance has been measured by using three indicators; Internal–based performance measured by Return on...

Working capital is one major factor upon which the stability and survival of a business entity depend. Failure of a bank automatically connotes its working capital failure which could be highly contagious leading to a bank run on the distressed. This is one of the reasons the financial...