We bring to bear a hand-collected dataset of executive turnovers in U.S. banks to test the efficacy of market … discipline in a 'laboratory setting' by analyzing banks that are less likely to be subject to government support. Specifically …

probability. Though results vary substantially across individual banks, domestic activity and U.S. growth, and higher asset prices …

productivity indices of banks in Saudi Arabia, an economy that is heavily dependant on the hydrocarbon sector. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper adopts the intermediation approach of banking services where financial institutions like banks are perceived to … reflect an improvement in average productivity of banks. However, the major increase in productivity gains emerged through …

during the period of 1999-2008. Design/methodology/approach – The efficiency estimates of individual banks are evaluated by … from the multivariate regression analysis suggest that banks with higher loans intensity and better capitalized tend to … findings suggest that the recent global financial crisis exerts negative impact on the efficiency of Thailand banks. The …

undertaken by central banks both in advanced and developing countries to promote financial inclusion. The issue has also …

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 Emirati banks based on three different dimensions: profitability …, marketability and social disclosure, a sample of 20 listed Emirati banks in 2009 is first selected. Second, a disclosure index to …

productivity indices of banks in Saudi Arabia, an economy that is heavily dependant on the hydrocarbon sector. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper adopts the intermediation approach of banking services where financial institutions like banks are perceived to … reflect an improvement in average productivity of banks. However, the major increase in productivity gains emerged through …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of banks in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council … (GCC). Design/methodology/approach – Performances of 55 banks operating in countries of the GCC are examined in this study … using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Malmquist productivity index (MPI). When DEA is used, the bank(s) that registered …

(GCC) banks. The sensitivity of the results is also investigated. Design/methodology/approach – Data envelopment analysis … (DEA) was used to evaluate the relative efficiency of GCC banks. Cross‐sectional data for the year 2005 were used to … conduct the analysis. Findings – The results indicate that the performance of several banks is sub‐optimal, suggesting the …

banks (PSBs) operating in India by using a two‐stage performance evaluation model. Design/methodology/approach – Using the … perhaps the first to evaluate the performance of Indian banks by considering simultaneously the aspects of efficiency and …