This paper investigates the size-efficiency relation of European cooperative banks during the 2006-2015 period. We … cooperative banks from 12 European countries. This work extends the existing literature by focusing on shape of size-efficiency … European cooperative banks are significantly more cost efficient than their bigger peers and that the size-efficiency relation …

this purpose, we measure the intermediation quality of a bank by estimating its profit and cost efficiency while taking the … “normal” and in “bad” times. These results provide evidence to the importance of swiftly restoring bank protability in euro … area crisis countries through addressing high non-performing loans ratios and decisive actions on bank recapitalization. …

this purpose, we measure the intermediation quality of a bank by estimating its profit and cost efficiency while taking the … “normal” and in “bad” times. These results provide evidence to the importance of swiftly restoring bank pro_tability in euro … area crisis countries through addressing high nonperforming loans ratios and decisive actions on bank recapitalization. …