cantonal bank sector in the period 2006-2014. The efficiency analysis is conducted by applying the production input …This paper applies a data envelopment analysis (DEA) to study the efficiency and productivity changes in the Swiss … is related to a frontier-shift (technological innovation) rather than to improvements in the technical efficiency. The …

We develop a novel unified econometric methodology for the formal examination of the market power -- cost efficiency … nexus. Our approach can meaningfully accommodate a mutually dependent relationship between the firm's cost efficiency and …'s market power and efficiency as well as allows for different hierarchical orderings between the two, enabling us to …

This study researches the effects of bank efficiency changes of returns in Turkish stock markets using a two … efficiency; then, static and dynamic panel data models are used to investigate the effects of efficiency changes. First stage … indicates that efficiency increased until 2010, and then a considerable decrease was observed. Second stage proves that together …

agencies, but existing evidence suggests that these reforms will not improve bank stability or efficiency. While some countries …This paper presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in 142 countries and makes comparisons with … two earlier surveys. The data do not suggest that countries have primarily reformed their bank regulations for the better …

This paper attempts to investigate the relationship between banking efficiency and financial stability using a sample …

this purpose, we measure the intermediation quality of a bank by estimating its profit and cost efficiency while taking the … "normal" and in "bad" times. These results provide evidence to the importance of swiftly restoring bank profitability in euro … area crisis countries through addressing high non-performing loans ratios and decisive actions on bank recapitalization …

show some evidence that the X-efficiency of a foreign-owned bank is strongly influenced by the competitiveness of its home …