Sustainable development and sustainability assessment have been of great interest to both
academe and practitioners in the past decades. In this study, we review the literature on data …

This paper analyzes the efficiency of the Brazilian banking sector over the post-privatization
period of 2000–2007. We employ a Bayesian stochastic frontier approach, which provides …

We analyze the efficiency of non-life insurance companies in four of the fastest-growing
markets in the world—the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries. An innovative …

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the monthly profit-based technical efficiency
and productivity of listed Indonesian banks and their market performance. We examined the …

This paper explores the differences in the trajectory of bank efficiency in India in response to
two recent episodes of banking crises: the global financial crisis (2007–2009) and local non …

This paper examines the performance of European banks during the pre-crisis and post-
crisis periods, both in terms of technical and allocative efficiencies. We use an innovative …

Some of the popular technical efficiency measures are not able to account for potential
slacks in inputs or outputs and may misrepresent the degree of inefficiency pertinent to firms …

Although state involvement in market systems often leads to inefficiency, this influence in the
oil industry is not dwindling due to strong growth of some state oil companies. Based on this …

In this study, we utilize a nonparametric efficiency measurement approach which combines
the Semi-Oriented Radial Measure–Data Envelopment Analysis (SORM–DEA) approach for …

The recent global crisis has highlighted the role of prudent supervision and regulation in the
financial system on both a national and a global scale. As an emerging market, the Turkish …