estimate CE and PE of German banks between 1993 and 2003. Our main findings are threefold. First, after accounting for … systematic differences across banks, mean CE is sensitive to alternative input prices. Second, distortions of mean PE due to … traditional input prices are small. Third, across CE models small cooperative banks located in large western states are identified …

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 …

estimate CE and PE of German banks between 1993 and 2003. Our main findings are threefold. First, after accounting for … systematic differences across banks, mean CE is sensitive to alternative input prices. Second, distortions of mean PE due to … traditional input prices are small. Third, across CE models small cooperative banks located in large western states are identified …

Cost inefficiency of banks in many countries is quite high. Financial sector reforms in India are also aimed at … improving efficiency, productivity and profitability of banks via increased competitiveness. An assessment based on a fairly … general framework in the Indian context has found that cost inefficiency of domestic banks in the post-reforms period is not …

German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous … CE levels above the average of non-merging banks. Second, banks must exhibit CE changes between merger and evaluation … year above efficiency changes of non-merging banks. We employ this taxonomy to characterise (successful) mergers in terms …