The objective of this study is to present a systematic literature review in the context of bank
efficiency and productivity. It focuses on the recent developments related to empirical …

Using a non-parametric technique for data from 1995 to 2004, we investigate the cost and
profit efficiency of 28 Chinese commercial banks. We examine the influence of ownership …

This paper presents new, fully nonparametric estimates of ray‐scale and expansion‐path
scale economies for US banks based on a model of bank costs. Unlike prior studies that use …

Previous studies have compared the efficiency of Islamic banks with their conventional
counterparts using a common efficiency frontier and ignoring risks, in spite of the two bank …

This paper examines the relation between income diversification and bank efficiency across
83 countries over the period 2003–2012. We also evaluate how ownership structure affects …

This study uses a sample of 715 banks from 95 countries and two-stage data envelopment
analysis (DEA) to provide international evidence on the impact of regulations and …

This paper investigates the relevance of non-traditional activities in the estimation of bank
efficiency levels using a sample of 752 publicly quoted commercial banks from 87 countries …

This paper examines the determinants of bank net interest margin (NIM) and non-traditional
banking activities (NII). A system estimation approach is employed to control for the …

Purpose–This paper aims to analyze bank efficiency into a number of bank‐specific, industry‐
specific and macroeconomic determinants. Design/methodology/approach–The authors …

The paper examines the impact of financial deregulation on cost and profit efficiency of
Indian commercial banks during the post-reform period 1992–2004 using the nonparametric …