This paper contributes to the existing literature by examining the efficiency and competitiveness of the Takaful … insurance. We employ the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to compute the efficiency of Takaful operators, while Panzar-Rosse (P …-R) H-statistic method is used to evaluate the degree of competition. The findings indicate that the inefficiency in Takaful …

) leading to efficiency gains in the banking market. Our findings suggest that the more frequent bank failures occurring in a … removing barriers to bank entry on bank competition and economic growth. As governments were not concerned about systemic … stability in this period, we are able to isolate the effects of bank competition from those of state implicit guarantees. We …

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The purpose of the current paper is to examine the level (degree) of competition, risk-taking behavior and efficiency … of commercial banks. Then, the Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA) is used to measure bank competition. In the final step …, we study the relation between efficiency and competition. All of these models reveal information that is vital to …