Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the performance of multinational banks as a subset of the eclectic theory. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the least square method of random effects model (REM). The opportunity to use a random...

The paper provides for the first time empirical evidence on the impact of economic globalization on the performance of banks operating in the Chinese banking sector. The empirical findings from this study suggest that the well capitalized banks tend to be more profitable, while expense...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the performance of multinational banks as a subset of the eclectic theory. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the least square method of random effects model (REM). The opportunity to use a random...

This paper examines the efficiency of the Thai banking sector from 1999 to 2008 by using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method. The results indicate that inefficiency in the sector stems mainly from scale rather than pure technical efficiencies. The findings suggest that small banks are...

By employing the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method, the present paper investigates the performance of the Malaysian banking sector around the Asian financial crisis with the emphasis on the domestic vs. foreign banks debate. The results suggest that the foreign banks have exhibited higher...

Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner's personality, hours of work,...

By employing the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method, the present paper investigates the performance of the Malaysian banking sector around the Asian financial crisis with the emphasis on the domestic vs. foreign banks debate. The results suggest that the foreign banks have exhibited higher...

By employing the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method, this paper examines the impact of risks on China banks' technical and scale efficiency estimates. To do so, we follow the procedures set out by Drake and Hall (2003) to include risk factor as a non-discretionary input variable. The results...

In the mid-1990s, the East Asian countries experienced severe financial crisis that were followed by deep economic downturns. A variety of methodologies have been used to understand the nature of the Asian financial crisis. However, the impact of the 1997 Asian financial crisis on the efficiency...