Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency and productivity growth of the Iranian banking … new decomposition of the Hicks‐Moorsteen total factor productivity index developed by O'Donnell to analyse efficiency and … industry's technical efficiency level – which had improved between 2003 and 2006 – deteriorated after regulatory changes were …

and its efficiency. These conclusions also have important implications in terms of policy, in particular, regarding the …

efficiency of the Fair Trade system that is requested by the study participants (measured as the share of an additional euro paid … efficiency of less than 20 percent. Originality/value – This is the first paper not only investigating how much of the price …

Bank, reviews relevant research and explores the impact on the efficiency of the banking system. Uses 1983‐1985 call report …

economy and suggests that public policymakers could tighten securities laws and exchange rules to improve the efficiency of …

Outlines the deregulation of banking in Greece and previous research on measuring banking efficiency. Uses 1993 … of operating income, as the private banks increased their efficiency. Finds the relative efficiency measured by data … envelopment analysis supports the greater efficiency of private banks although the difference is only significant at the 5 per …

Outlines research on the factors which reduce stock market efficiency and the particular characteristics of the Athens … walk hypothesis, i.e. suggest weak‐form efficiency. Notes inconsistency with some previous research on the Athens stock … increasing efficiency.  …

Reviews previous research on the efficiency and performance of financial institutions and uses Siems and Barr’s (1998 …) data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to evaluate the relative productive efficiency of US commercial banks 1984 …‐1998. Explains the methodology, discusses the input and output measures used and relates bank performance measures to efficiency …

Outlines previous research on the efficiency of the Italian banking system, describes the structure of Italian banking … efficiency of Italian bank conglomerates in 1995 compared with the parent companies and subsidiearies. Explains the methodology … efficiency is not related to size. Analyses efficiencies of scale and scope to show that bank groups gain more economies of scope …