This study attempts to give an insight into the trend in the performance of the Turkish
banking sector by conducting a panel data fixed effects regression analysis. The results …

This study curries out a systematic analysis of the cost, technical and allocative efficiency of
the Turkish banking system from 1991 to 2007, under the assumption of variable returns to …

This study aims to evaluate the effect of efficiency and banking market structure on bank
performance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The relationship between …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efficiency performance of the Gulf
Cooperation Countries (GCC) banking sector. The primary focus is to assess whether …

Recent studies have stressed the importance of privatization and openness to foreign
competition for bank efficiency and economic growth. We study bank efficiency in Turkey, an …

After 2001 crisis, the macroeconomic environment led to important changes in Turkish
banking sector which has experienced a process of concentration by involving in merger …

The financial sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries 1 (GCC) experiences
currently serious reforms. It anticipates more liberalization, financial deepening, and …

The banking sector in Turkey has grown significantly over the last two decades of financial
liberalization. One of the aims of the financial liberalization was to improve efficiency through …

This paper examines the banking efficiency in a pre-and post-liberalization environment by
drawing on the Turkish experience by using DEA. The paper also investigates the scale …

This study employs data envelope analysis to produce the efficiency measures for both
Islamic and conventional banks and conducts the means tests to investigate the efficiency …