As a bank manager, not only the overall performance of the bank is considered, but also the performances of all divisions needed to be evaluated. Though there have been many works investigating the performance of banking by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) since the 1990s, the internal structure...

The reforms introduced after 1992 are expected to have an impact on the performance of commercial banks. Thus the present study attempts to examine the efficiency level of Indian banks for the period 1985-2004. We employ the technique of stochastic frontier analysis to estimate bank specific...

This paper investigates the process of banking integration in the EU15 countries and the Eurozone by testing for convergence in bank efficiency among commercial banks. We use a two-step approach: First we estimate efficiency by applying an innovative methodological approach that treats banks’...

This material is presenting the banking system in Romania, as it developed after 1990 year. First of all, the text is pointing out the legislative framework set up for regulating the banking system, both during the transition period and just before the moment of the adhesion of Romania to the...

This research examines the effects of bank reforms and regulatory controls recently enacted by emerging economies on cost efficiency of banks. The Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) is applied to the cases of Turkey and Egypt since both of these emerging markets adopted similar bank reforms...