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Cost Efficiency Characteristics of British Retail Banks

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In this article the cost efficiency characteristics of the British retail-banking sector are investigated. Distribution-free cost efficiency, economies of scale, economies of scope and cost complementarities are all measured. The study employs a one way fixed effects model with a translog specification of productive technology. Both 'production' and 'intermediation' models of bank production are employed and contrasted. Overall, increasing and a low level of dispersion of cost efficiency are observed in this most important commercial sector.

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  • J.K. Ashton, 2001. "Cost Efficiency Characteristics of British Retail Banks," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(2), pages 159-174, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:21:y:2001:i:2:p:159-174
    DOI: 10.1080/714005022
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    1. John Ashton & Khac Pham, 2007. "Efficiency and Price Effects of Horizontal Bank Mergers," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) 2007-09, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    2. Ryu, Sang-Lyul & Won, Jayoun, 2022. "Scale and scope economies in Korean accounting firms around Sarbanes-Oxley regulations," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    3. Robert Webb, 2003. "Levels of efficiency in UK retail banks: a DEA window analysis," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 305-322.
    4. Carlos Pestana Barros & Stephanie Leach, 2007. "Technical efficiency in the English Football Association Premier League with a stochastic cost frontier," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(10), pages 731-741.
    5. J-L Hu & C-Y Fang, 2010. "Do market share and efficiency matter for each other? An application of the zero-sum gains data envelopment analysis," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 61(4), pages 647-657, April.
    6. Chia-Nan Wang & Thanh-Tuan Dang & Ngoc-Ai-Thy Nguyen & Thi-Thu-Hong Le, 2020. "Supporting Better Decision-Making: A Combined Grey Model and Data Envelopment Analysis for Efficiency Evaluation in E-Commerce Marketplaces," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-24, December.
    7. Robert Webb & Cormac Bryce & Duncan Watson, 2010. "The effect of building society demutualisation on levels of efficiency at large UK commercial banks," Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 18(4), pages 333-355, November.

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