Using a stochastic frontier model and a comprehensive dataset, we study factors that affect corporate efficiency in … efficiency, and (iii) high competition is less conductive to efficiency than moderate or low competition. In terms of ownership …, we find that (iv) efficiency increases when a majority owner must deal with minority shareholders and that (v) domestic …

243 mergers, we analyze motives for and cost effects of small-scale mergers in German banking. Estimating a frontier cost … function with a timevariable stochastic efficiency term we show that positive scale and scope effects from a merger arise only … taken over by others are less efficient than the average bank in the same size class, but exhibit on average the same …

This paper investigates the size-efficiency relation of European cooperative banks during the 2006-2015 period. We … cooperative banks from 12 European countries. This work extends the existing literature by focusing on shape of size-efficiency … European cooperative banks are significantly more cost efficient than their bigger peers and that the size-efficiency relation …

this purpose, we measure the intermediation quality of a bank by estimating its profit and cost efficiency while taking the … changing banking environment after the financial crisis into account. Next, we aggregate the efficiencies of all banks within a … “normal” and in “bad” times. These results provide evidence to the importance of swiftly restoring bank protability in euro …

this purpose, we measure the intermediation quality of a bank by estimating its profit and cost efficiency while taking the … changing banking environment after the financial crisis into account. Next, we aggregate the efficiencies of all banks within a … “normal” and in “bad” times. These results provide evidence to the importance of swiftly restoring bank pro_tability in euro …

The study assesses the how information sharing by means of mobile phones affects banking system efficiency in Africa … banking system efficiency. The following findings are established: (i) mobile phone penetration promotes banking system … efficiency in the 25th quantile and the median of banking system efficiency in low income countries while for middle income …