-deposit spread suggests that the levels of contestability and efficiency are low. A more in-depth analysis using stochastic frontier … and data envelopment analyses confirm that the efficiency of the Colombian commercial banking system is low compared to … potential determinants of efficiency and contestability for a sample of the 24 countries over the period 2004 – 2013. This …

This paper investigates the causal effect of public administration efficiency on firm-level productivity. To this … purpose, we combine newly available data from Italy on public administration efficiency of subnational governments with geo … administration efficiency and firm productivity because of large and persistent spatial disparities in economic performance and local …

appears inappropriate. However, with regard to technical efficiency, R&D intensity is found to be a pivotal factor in … explaining firm efficiency. This is true for all industries. …