, Herfindahl-Hirschman Index(HHI), and ownership structure are significant determinants of bank efficiency. The study contributes …The study applies two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) and bootstrap to estimate the Profit Efficiency (PE) and … its factors for Indian bank groups. Recognizing the heterogeneity in the bank sizes, we perform DEA to estimate PE for …

to explain the deposit rate dynamics following bank mergers. We find a strong and sharp post-merger convergence between …

to test the effects of concentration, market power, bank size and operational efficiency on profitability. Efficiency is …Bank profitability in the USA was extremely high in the pre-crisis period, yet this did not prevent the current crisis …' capital bases. This paper analyses the effects of structure on profitability from 1994 to 2005. Bank-level panel data are used …

This paper examines whether gains in bank megamergers occur due to efficiency improvements or the exercise of market … quantities. The average megamerger is associated with cost-efficiency improvements. In the cross-section, efficiency gains are …. Efficiency gains dissipate when the resulting megabank size exceeds $150 billion in assets or 1.5% of GDP indicating that banks …

bank stock return on bank efficiency suggests that an improvement in technical, cost or profit efficiency contributes to …The stochastic frontier analysis is employed to investigate efficiency of publicly listed Australian banks over the … period 1985-2008. The results suggest that technical, cost and profit efficiency of Australian banks have improved over our …

. Sophisticated performance measurement techniques would be required to provide useful insights about the effectiveness, efficiency … respective groups. The outcomes point towards different ways of managing bank resources for improving efficiency of operations in …This study attempts to analyse the profit efficiency of Indian banks during 2008-2012 to offer an understanding of …

to explain the deposit rate dynamics following bank mergers. We find a strong and sharp post-merger convergence between …

to explain the deposit rate dynamics following bank mergers. We find a strong and sharp post-merger convergence between …

-related efficiency gains receded, and as bank size continued to expand through market overlap mergers, market power gains emerged. When … such mergers trace to efficiency improvements or market power vis-à-vis customers and regulators administering the … government safety net. The findings indicate that as statutory restrictions on bank expansion faded over time, size …

the impact of M&As in European banking on profitability and efficiency, considering the breakdown between domestic and … diversify the sources of revenues was apparent. The cost and profit efficiency analysis based on 33 bank-to-bank mergers … optimal size is not synonym of a larger size and a larger size is not an absolute criterion of profitability and efficiency, c …