This paper aims at investigation the efficiency of European and U.S. commercial banks. Scale and scope economies … indicators, as well as a measurement of X-efficiency are derived from three cost functions: Fourier flexible form, translog and … efficiency gains. More puzzling are the results on the presence of scope economies. …

This study examines the factors that determine differences in efficiency of foreign banks in the host market (Australia … comparative advantage and new trade theories. Parametric distance functions are used to estimate the efficiency of foreign banks … bounds analysis. It is found that following clients reduces the efficiency of profit creation. Incumbent bank's market share …

1999–2004, by looking specifically at its comparative efficiency in relation to one of the largest banking sectors in the … EU namely, that of the UK. Based on a range of efficiency measures, the empirical results reveal a surprising degree of … relative efficiency in the Polish banking industry, no doubt reflecting the substantial economic changes introduced in Poland …

This paper reports comparative measures using both financial and production efficiency as well as factors driving … that there was a significant increase of bank's efficiency after going public, which primarily due to assets efficiency. In …

global financial crisis on the efficiency and productivity of Turkish banks, during 2003-2010 periods. Moreover, a risk … taking measure is introduced for each bank and two-stage regression is used to analyze the determinants of DEA efficiency … scores. However, because of the existence of inherent dependency among DEA efficiency scores, the basic assumption of …