Malmquist Index. The Malmquist Total Factor Productivity Index has been further divided into Efficiency Change Index …, Technological Change Index, Pure Efficiency Change Index and Scale Efficiency Change Index to obtain an insight about the reasons …

analyzes the technical, pure technical, cost and allocative efficiency of Takaful firms in the GCC countries using data … highest technical efficiency, while Saudi Arabia and UAE are the most cost efficient among the GCC countries. Originality … types of efficiency measures, namely technical, pure technical, allocative and cost efficiency, in the GCC countries. This …

efficiency scores of various groups of banks. The purpose of this study is to find out the determinant of variation in the … performance of banks. Design/methodology/approach – This study computes various elements of performance, including efficiency and … passage of time, one can find the exact trend in the performance and efficiency of these institutions. Practical implications …

variables in disaggregating branch expenses and income for evaluating the overall technical efficiency of bank branches by means …, efficiency and size relationship and returns to scale patterns. Moreover, it explores target setting strategies for inefficient … branches. Findings – Results indicate that branch size has an important influence on efficiency and that superior insights can …

spread over the other industries, creating a domino effect. The purpose of this paper is to examine the market efficiency of … efficient at the profitability stage than at other stages. However, the 2001 financial crisis eroded profitability efficiency … paper extends the three-stage market value efficiency process outlined in Zhu (2000) by adding production stage. It proposes …

A balanced panel data set covering 519 U.S. agricultural banks is constructed for the period 1996S2005. Cost efficiency … various bank specific characteristics to explain the cost efficiency differences of agricultural banks. The results indicate … measure, (b) older agricultural banks tend to be more efficient, (c) regulation may deteriorate efficiency levels, (d) bigger …