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Banking Efficiency and European Financial Integration

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  • Cândida Ferreira

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The aim of this paper is to contribute to the research on the relationship between banking efficiency and European financial integration. It estimates cost translog frontier functions for two panels of European Union countries—one that includes all 27 member states and another composed of the 15 “old” members only—just before the recent crisis. The main conclusions point to the persistence of technical bank cost inefficiency during a relatively long time period, 1994–2008, and in spite of the decrease of the country inefficiencies between 2000 and 2008, there are no remarkable changes in the countries' ranking positions. Additionally, there is evidence of quite a slow convergence process across European Union bank sector performance, a process that accelerates slightly after 2000.

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  • Cândida Ferreira, 2013. "Banking Efficiency and European Financial Integration," Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 59(2), pages 99-124.
    • Handle: RePEc:aeq:aeqaeq:v59_y2013_i2_q2_p99-124
    DOI: 10.3790/aeq.59.2.99
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    1. José L. Gallizo & Jordi Moreno & Manuel Salvador, 2016. "Banking Efficiency in the Enlarged European Union: Financial Crisis and Convergence," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 19(1), pages 66-88, April.
    2. Francesca Pampurini & Anna Grazia Quaranta, 2018. "Sustainability and Efficiency of the European Banking Market after the Global Crisis: The Impact of Some Strategic Choices," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-16, June.

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    Keywords

    bank efficiency; European integration; convergence; cost frontier approach;
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    JEL classification:

    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • C58 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Financial Econometrics

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