We investigate the impact of earning asset diversification on Chinese bank efficiency from 2006 to 2011. To do so, we adapt the Simar and Wilson (2007) (Journal of Econometrics) approach to panel data context so that approach allows for technology change over time. Regression results reveal that...

We investigate the impact of earning asset diversification on Chinese bank efficiency from by allowing for technology change. Regressions reveal that increasing the asset share of other earning assets is positively associated with bank efficiency. Decreasing the share of nonearning assets in...

As a purpose of most regression analyses, valid inference is the advantage of the two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA). This study proposes a bootstrapping procedure to test a joint hypothesis in two-stage DEA. Since the DEA estimates are used to replace the unobservable true efficiency...

This paper employs two stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) to investigate the efficiency effects of removing trade barriers on banking performance for a sample of Asian developing economies over the period 1997-2006. First, the DEA is employed to estimate the efficiency scores of banks. After...