This paper examines the cost efficiency of producing banking service and profit of banks in 11 Asia-Pacific countries …

The interrelationship between risks and bank efficiency has received much attention in banking literature for years … to find the empirical evidence for that relationships. Using a stochastic frontier approach (SFA) to estimate bank cost … efficiency, we found that there are significant relationships among risks, cost efficiency and environmental factors, but they …

This study examines the impact of bond markets on both bank profit and cost efficiency. By employing the stochastic … efficiency. The development of bond markets generally has a positive (negative) effect on bank profit (cost) efficiency. Given … local currency corporate bonds is significantly and positively related to both bank profit and cost efficiency. In addition …