applying the Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA) to a panel of 700 banks, the analysis is based on the joint estimation of a … indicates that the cost efficiency of cooperative banks (BCC) is always higher than that observed for other banks (SPA and … role of the determinants of banks efficiency ("what makes a bank efficient"), it also shows the presence of simultaneity …

previous papers, no significance difference is found for the average cost efficiency scores of banks for the two countries … during 2002-2006. How banks are ranked for efficiency depends upon the chosen model (input and output sets). An interesting … insight is the finding that most banks in both countries are below optimal size. …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of banks’ sovereign debt exposures on the financial development of … Turkey. Results of the bounds test reveal a long-run and negative equilibrium relationship between banks’ domestic claims on …

risks posed by individual banks but also, importantly, those posed by nonbanks and the system as a whole. The recent …

that banks require collateral from observably riskier borrowers (lender selection effect), while lower risk premiums arise …

, primarily by community banks. The survey evidence suggests that the use of credit scores in small business lending by community … banks is surprisingly widespread. Moreover, the scores employed tend to be the consumer credit scores of the small business …

acquiring banks value profitable, high-growth, and low-risk targets. We also find that the strength of bank regulation and … regimes and stronger deposit insurance schemes lower the takeover premiums paid by acquiring banks. This result, presumably in …

home country prudential supervisors and deposit insurance funding systems were stricter than the target's. For target banks …