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Efficiency and scale economies in banking in new EU countries

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  • Roman Matousek

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In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on bank cost-efficiency in transition countries. Our estimates of the cost-efficiency using a distribution-free approach suggests that among the countries analysed, Estonia, Latvia and Slovenia display the highest X-efficiency while the Czech Republic and Poland show the lowest X-efficiency. Reported X-inefficiency is found to be lowest in the segment of foreign banks that were on average more efficient than other banks. The efficiency of small and foreign banks was also higher when compared with large state-owned banks. Results also indicate that economies of scale decrease with bank size.

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  • Roman Matousek, 2008. "Efficiency and scale economies in banking in new EU countries," International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(3), pages 235-249.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmefi:v:1:y:2008:i:3:p:235-249
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    1. Montgomery, Heather & Harimaya, Kozo & Takahashi, Yuki, 2014. "Too big to succeed? Banking sector consolidation and efficiency," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 86-106.
    2. Adnan Kasman & Saadet Kasman & Duygu Ayhan & Erdost Torun, 2013. "Total factor productivity and convergence: evidence from old and new EU member countries' banking sectors," Journal of Business Economics and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(sup1), pages 13-35, June.

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