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 …

The efficiency of financial institutions: Page 1 Journal of Banking and Finance 17 (1993) 221-249.
North-Holland The efficiency of financial institutions: A review and preview of research past …

Over the past several years, substantial research effort has gone into measuring the
efficiency of financial institutions. Many studies have found that inefficiencies are quite large …

The profitability of European banks during the 1990s is investigated using cross‐sectional,
pooled cross‐sectional time‐series and dynamic panel models. Models for the determinants …

Behavioral law and economics (BLE) has been broadly regarded in recent years as among
the most promising and exciting new developments in public policymaking theory and …

This paper analyses the relationship between capital, risk and efficiency for a large sample
of European banks between 1992 and 2000. In contrast to the established US evidence we …

Agency issues associated with different types of firm ownership are an area of concern in
many banking systems where state-owned banks operate alongside mutual and private …

A simultaneous equation framework is used to test hypotheses about the interrelationships
among bank interest rate and credit risk-taking, capitalization, and operating efficiency. A …

This paper investigates the impact of risk and quality factors on banks' cost by using the
stochastic cost frontier methodology to evaluate scale and X-inefficiencies, as well as …

The paper analyzes the experiences and developments of Hungarian banking sector during
the transitional process from a centralized economy to a market-oriented system. The paper …