ratings. The second part of the book compares existing techniques and state-of-the-art techniques in the bank efficiency … -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1 Bank efficiency in Latin America -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Privatization and foreign banks in …? -- 3.4.1 Objectives of bank management -- 3.4.2 Government subsidies -- 3.4.3 Scale economies -- 3.5 Econometric modeling …

, 2008). We propose a theory-based metric using Data Envelopment Analysis which corrects for sample bias and considers … corrected efficiency score correlates well with standard Growth Theory indicators. …