the efficiency of banks? Third, what are the risk effects of international bank mergers? We begin with a brief summary of …

for the period 2001-2011. There is a two-step analytical procedure. First, we estimate Lerner indices and cost efficiency … scores. Then, we regress cost efficiency scores on Lerner indices contingent on bank characteristics, market features and the … with cost efficiency. Originality/value- Owing to data availability constraints, this is one of the few studies to test the …

) leading to efficiency gains in the banking market. Our findings suggest that the more frequent bank failures occurring in a …

or cost savings. We suggest a united approach to measure competition and efficiency simultaneously to test this … hypothesis. We estimate bank-specific Lerner indices as measures of competition and test if cost and profit efficiency are … are small from an economical perspective. -- Savings banks ; competition ; efficiency ; quiet life hypothesis …

bank profitability. The results show that cost efficiency, profit efficiency and liquidity risk are significantly related …

Using a sample of US banks between 2001 and 2013, this paper investigates the impact of competition on bank efficiency … on efficiency, and the effect of the interaction between competition and securitization on efficiency. We confirm that … higher competition reduces efficiency. More importantly, our empirical findings suggest that banks securitizing their loans …

specified period. We want to fill the gap in the banking literature testing the validity of the Competition-Efficiency … Hypothesis, analysing the impact of the banking competition measures on two alternative measures of efficiency, cost and profit … efficiency, in the European banking systems in a Granger-causality manner. The results confirm us that in the EU the convergence …

Korean banking sector. We examine the effects of market concentration on bank efficiency and competition for the period of … market concentration has not improved bank efficiency through scale economies or scope economies. Instead, recent mergers … efficiency, an increase in the overall market concentration ratio resulted in lower efficiency. Our study also finds that the …