By applying the non-parametric Malmquist Productivity Index method, this paper attempts to investigate the sources of productivity changes of China's State-Owned and Joint-Stock Commercial Banks (JSCBs) during the period 2000–2005. The empirical findings suggest that the China's banking sector...

A variety of methodologies have been employed to examine the impact of the 1997 Asian financial crisis on the crisis-affected countries economies. However, the impact of crisis on the efficiency of the financial industry has yet to be studied. By employing the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)...

The present paper employs various commonly used accounting based measures of financial institutions performance and examines the developments in the Thailand banking sector's profitability during the post Asian financial crisis period of 1999-2005. The empirical findings suggest that bank...

This paper examines the impact of non-traditional activities on the China banking sector's technical and scale efficiency during the post-reform period 2000-2005. The paper follows the procedures set by Isik and Hassan (2003) by omitting the off-balance sheet items first, before adding it as an...

This paper examines the impact of non-traditional activities on the China banking sector's technical and scale efficiency during the post-reform period 2000-2005. The paper follows the procedures set by Isik and Hassan (2003) by omitting the off-balance sheet items first, before adding it as an...

The present paper examines the determinants of non-bank financial institutions' (NBFIs) profitability in a developing economy. Specifically working within the Malaysian financial sector, the analysis is confined to the universe of the merchant banks and finance companies operating in the...

The present paper seeks to examine the determinants of Philippines banks profitability during the period 1990–2005. The empirical findings suggest that all the bank-specific determinant variables have a statistically significantly impact on bank profitability. The empirical findings...