George Assaf, A.; Barros, Carlos P.; Matousek, Roman - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 35 (2011) 2, pp. 331-342
This paper analyzes the productivity and efficiency of Shinkin banks and the various prefectures in Japan, over the period from 2000 to 2006. We obtain estimates of efficiency growth and productivity growth, using the bootstrapped Malmquist index, and estimates of efficiency using the Bayesian...