We investigate the impact of strategic investors on bank efficiency in the context of regional economic development … strategic investors significantly increase efficiency in Chinese city commercial banks; the impact of strategic investors on the … efficiency of Chinese city commercial banks is negatively correlated to the level of regional economic development. The negative …

-natural experiment the establishment of city commercial banks (CCBs) in China. Based on more than three million corporate financial …

this purpose, we measure the intermediation quality of a bank by estimating its profit and cost efficiency while taking the …

This paper examines the nexus between cost efficiency and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa region …. We apply a causality analysis between cost efficiency and financial deepening using the Generalized Methods of Moments …' efficiency and the increase of regulation to spur a more stable financial system and foster financial deepening in the future …

economically significant effect of higher mean cost efficiency for economic growth, suggesting that the interaction between better … effects of deepening capital markets are only significant beyond a certain efficiency threshold of approximately 70 percent …

Does political connection affect bank efficiency during both financial and political crises? This study addresses this …, thus supporting the bailout theory. We also find that political connections influenced the efficiency of banks during the …

this purpose, we measure the intermediation quality of a bank by estimating its profit and cost efficiency while taking the …

This study examines the efficiency of the financial sector in African countries. It aims to investigate if ìThe … intermediation process and efficiency in the banking system (Vittas, 1991; Howard & Haynes, 2001). In this paper, the cost function …