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The Efficiency of the Banking System in Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) 2000–2009

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  • Sarsour Shaker

    (Public Finance, Research and Monetary Policy Department, Palestine Monetary Authority, P.O. Box 452, Al-Bireh, Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territory)

  • Daoud Yousef

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Birzeit University, Box 14, Birzeit, Occupied Palestinian Territory)

Abstract

This study estimates the cost (technical) efficiency of the banking system in Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), using a panel of 18 banks during the period 2000–2009. Estimates have been obtained using the stochastic frontier approach. The analyses were extended to cover bank ownership (foreign and local), type (Islamic and commercial) and bank size. Results indicate that the overall cost (technical) efficiency of banks in the OPT is declining during the period of research. The mean of cost and technical efficiency was found to deteriorate through the years. Cost efficiency declined from 0.730 in 2000 to 0.666 in 2009, while technical efficiency declined from 0.733 to 0.713 during the same period. Moreover, the lower allocative efficiency (incorrect input mix rather than utilization or wasting resources) is the main cause of the decline in cost efficiency over the period of analysis. In addition, large banks have lower cost efficiency, which indicates the presence of diseconomies of scale for banks in OPT.

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  • Sarsour Shaker & Daoud Yousef, 2015. "The Efficiency of the Banking System in Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) 2000–2009," Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, De Gruyter, vol. 11(1), pages 55-77, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:rmeecf:v:11:y:2015:i:1:p:55-77:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/rmeef-2014-0005
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    Keywords

    Occupied Palestinian Territory; banking; efficiency; stochastic frontier; data envelopment analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games

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