The study assesses the how information sharing by means of mobile phones affects banking system efficiency in Africa … banking system efficiency. The following findings are established: (i) mobile phone penetration promotes banking system … efficiency in the 25th quantile and the median of banking system efficiency in low income countries while for middle income …

This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 … financial) triggers less bank efficiency in low income countries than in their middle income counterparts. These findings … low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and …

The study assesses the how information sharing by means of mobile phones affects banking system efficiency in Africa … banking system efficiency. The following findings are established: (i) mobile phone penetration promotes banking system … efficiency in the 25th quantile and the median of banking system efficiency in low income countries while for middle income …

This paper investigates the effects of ownership patterns on bank cost and profit efficiencies taking a sample of 607 …) stochastic frontier panel approaches, we obtain two principal results. First, foreign-owned banks are more profit and cost … from bank-level inefficiency but also from differences related to other bank- and country-specific factors. Specifically …

This study aims to determine the impact of banking efficiency on the profitability of the Indian banking division. The …. Unbalanced cross-sectional data (panel data) comprising 527 bank-year observations for 33 Indian banks were studied. It was … ratios (key variables) used in the study are mentioned by the Reserve Bank of India-RBI (Central bank of India). Through a …

Many prior studies on Indian banking efficiency have typically regressed non-parametric estimates of production … efficiency on environmental variables in a two-stage process. However, Simar and Wilson (2007) have demonstrated that the studies … efficiency. Using the data envelopment analysis bootstrap procedure suggested by these authors, for the first time, we analyse …