Purpose – The current study aims to explore and measure the profitability, marketability, and social disclosure efficiency of UAE banks using a nonparametric frontier method – data envelopment analysis (DEA). Design/methodology/approach – In order to estimate the relative efficiency of the...

The purposes of this study are two-fold: firstly, to evaluate the efficiency of the Malaysian banks and secondly to examine the factors that influence the efficiency levels of those banks. Accordingly, 23 Malaysian banks covering the period between 2006 and 2010 are considered in this study. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document the effect of ownership structure and corporate governance on bank efficiency in the Ghanaian banking industry. Design/methodology/approach – The author applies both accounting data and efficiency measures from the period 1999‐2007 via...

Purpose – Since there is no agreement on the consistency of their estimates, the purpose of this paper is to investigate whether parametric stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) generate consistent bank efficiency assessments....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether branch expansions have realized efficiency gains by focussing on regional banks in Japan. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a single-step estimation procedure, where both cost frontier parameters and inefficiency effects...