This paper surveys 130 studies that apply frontier efficiency analysis to financial institutions
in 21 countries. The primary goals are to summarize and critically review empirical estimates …

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS among very large financial institutions are becoming more
frequent in markets around the world, attracting the attention of policymakers, researchers …

The paper investigates the performance of Indian commercial banking sector during the post
reform period 1992–2002. Several efficiency estimates of individual banks are evaluated …

In January 1980, a new liberal economic policy was adopted in Turkey to promote financial
market development and increase the efficiency and productivity of the financial sector by …

Purpose–In an attempt to enrich the literature of the efficiency of Islamic banks, this study
aims to empirically investigate the efficiency of the fully fledged Islamic banks as well as …

Following entry into the European Community in 1986, Portugal transformed rapidly its
repressed banking system with deregulation, the opening of borders, the granting of new …

Throughout the book, my colleagues and I have endeavored to address the DEA theory
needed by the end-users, key model design issues, correct interpretation of DEA results …

This paper examines the impact of regulatory reform on the performance of Spanish savings
banks. To this end it uses panel data for the period 1986-1995 and a flexible variable profit …

This study investigates the profit efficiency (PROFEFF) of small banks (those under $500
million in total assets) for 1990–96. Assuming that small banks and large banks use the …

This paper investigates the effect of the “First Financial Restructuring”(FFR) on the operating
efficiency of commercial banks in Taiwan. Applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) to …