This paper contributes to the bank efficiency literature through an application of recently developed random parameters … analyse the evolution of the average rank cost efficiency for Latin American banks between 1985 and 2010. Cost efficiency …

By using stochastic frontier analysis, this article examines the technical efficiency of different types of … microfinance institutions in Latin America. In particular, it tests whether differences in technical efficiency, both intra- and … the importance of ownership type for technical efficiency. …

We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … relationship. We model the inter-temporal relationships among efficiency, capital and risk for a large sample of commercial banks … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements …

the inter-temporal relationships among bank efficiency, capital and bank risk-taking in the EU-26 commercial banking …, our paper provides evidence that higher performance (enhanced efficiency) has been not related to higher managerial skills …

the inter-temporal relationships among bank efficiency, capital and bank risk-taking in the EU-26 commercial banking …. Overall, our paper provides evidence that higher performance (enhanced efficiency) attained by banks prior to the current …

risk-taking on bank efficiency and distinguishes the effects among banks with different characteristics. The model is … fitted to a 10-year sample of Colombian banks. Cost and profit efficiency are found to be over and underestimated … risk affect bank efficiency vary with size and affiliation. In particular, domestic and small Colombian banks benefit more …

This paper shows evidence on the influence of risk-taking on bank efficiency in emerging markets and identifies … inefficiency parameters to a sample of Colombian banks. The model provides accurate cost and profit efficiency estimates. The … effects of risk-taking on efficiency vary with size and affiliation. Large and foreign banks benefit more from higher exposure …

significant supervisory and regulatory reforms affecting banks efficiency performance. We offer new insights investigating overall … that persistent efficiency seems to be more important for both specifications, as it accounts for 32\% (for the production …

determinants of the best efficiency levels achieved by the Euro Area banking groups. Referring to the period 2009–2018 a stochastic … frontier model, based on the proxy coming from the inter-mediation approach, is employed to quantify the efficiency levels of … the banking groups for each single year. Then, with a cluster analysis, we identify the most relevant efficiency …