The current crisis has revealed the weaknesses of the global financial in general and its banking system in particular, put forward a requirement for assessing the effectiveness and stability of the banking sectors across countries. Based on available data from 64 countries over the World, the...

The Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) is constructed from nine components including market integration expenses, land accessibility, and others in order to explain the differences between the dynamics, the abilities of job generation, and the socio-economic development of all provinces in...

Using time trend data from 1990 to 2010, the research applied the efficiency measurement and Data Envelopment Analysis approach to evaluate the performance changes of Vietnamese banking system under financial liberalization. It showed that generally this performance is on a decreasing trend and...

Banking is the core of the financial system which has important role in attracting deposits to provide credits to borrowers, services to customers and booting the economic development. This paper applied a modified DEA window analysis to analyze the performance changes through time of the...

This research employs the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Malmquist index approaches to evaluate the efficiency and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) changes of Thai banking system in the period of 2007-2010 using panel data of 27 major banks in Thailand. This paper shows that the global...

Using time trend data from 1990 to 2010, the research applied the efficiency measurement and Data Envelopment Analysis approach to evaluate the performance changes of Vietnamese banking system under financial liberalization. The DEA time trend model is a fruitful approach to analyze the banking...

Using time trend data from 1990 to 2010, the research applied the efficiency measurement and Data Envelopment Analysis approach to evaluate the performance changes of Vietnamese banking system under financial liberalization. The DEA time trend model is a fruitful approach to analyze the banking...

We document significantly lower valuations for government contractors in the United States. While contracting with government agencies reduces firms' cost of equity, it significantly lowers their sales growth. These findings are contingent on economic conditions; negative valuations dissipate as...