estimate CE and PE of German banks between 1993 and 2003. Our main findings are threefold. First, after accounting for … systematic differences across banks, mean CE is sensitive to alternative input prices. Second, distortions of mean PE due to … traditional input prices are small. Third, across CE models small cooperative banks located in large western states are identified …

Cost inefficiency of banks in many countries is quite high. Financial sector reforms in India are also aimed at … improving efficiency, productivity and profitability of banks via increased competitiveness. An assessment based on a fairly … general framework in the Indian context has found that cost inefficiency of domestic banks in the post-reforms period is not …

This paper considers cost and profit efficiency for Australian banks between 1995 and 2002. Data Envelopment Analysis … (DEA) is used to construct an efficient frontier for ten banks listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Empirical results … indicate the major banks have improved their cost and profit efficiency, while the regional banks have experienced little …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of banks’ sovereign debt exposures on the financial development of … Turkey. Results of the bounds test reveal a long-run and negative equilibrium relationship between banks’ domestic claims on …

German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous … CE levels above the average of non-merging banks. Second, banks must exhibit CE changes between merger and evaluation … year above efficiency changes of non-merging banks. We employ this taxonomy to characterise (successful) mergers in terms …