The objective of this article is 2-fold. First, it provides an empirical assessment of the cost and profit stochastic frontiers based on a panel dataset of Greek commercial banks over the period 1993 to 2005. Second, on the basis of the same sample, it also compares the most widely used...

The goal of the current study is to investigate changes in the way firms are financed and financial resources are allocated based on the characteristics of firms before and after the crisis. Using data on short-term and long-term loans of around 29,000 Greek firms in 7 sectors for the period...

This paper assesses the evolution of output and productivity in the Greek banking industry for the period 1990-2006. Three main categories of bank output were estimated based on modern theoretical approaches, while for the estimation of output and productivity (partial and total factor) we...