Using DEA Window Analysis and Tobit regression for 30 Vietnamese banks over 1995-2011, we examine the effects of bank reforms on cost, revenue and profit efficiency. We find that state-owned banks (SOBs) are more efficient than joint-stock banks (JSBs). Banks selected by foreign investors are...

The study examines the effect of trade liberalization on poverty reduction across 60 provinces in Vietnam over a decade from 2002 to 2012 using fixed effects approach. In this study, trade liberalization is proxied by tariff exposure, which is constructed by combining information on geographic...