This contribution investigates the role of Turkish banks in the monetary transmission mechanism, focusing on bank lending channel, over the time horizon 2002-2016. This study deploys a Bayesian stochastic frontier approach for our estimates. Literature shows that bank specific characteristics...

This paper examines the performance of European banks during the pre-crisis and post-crisis periods, both in terms of technical and allocative efficiencies. We use an innovative Bayesian dynamic frontier model that: (1) distinguishes between short-run and long-run performance; and (2) provides...