This paper presents a comprehensive review of 179 studies which employ operational research (O.R.) and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) techniques in the assessment of bank performance. We first discuss numerous applications of data envelopment analysis which is the most widely applied O.R....

This paper presents a comprehensive review of 196 studies which employ operational research (O.R.) and artificial intelligence (A.I.) techniques in the assessment of bank performance. Several key issues in the literature are highlighted. The paper also points to a number of directions for future...

This article empirically investigates the direction of causality between current account balance and the overall budget balance of a selected 24 small island state economies by conducting panel data econometric techniques. The results of both bivariate and pairwise Granger causality tests...

This paper empirically investigates the convergence hypothesis in terms of GDP per capita (or worker) and total factor productivity for both Northern and Southern Cyprus economies over the period 1977-2000. We test whether both economies during this period converge to a common steady state...

The question of whether an industry experiencing rapid structural change will demonstrate productivity growth at the same time is unresolved. This paper uses a panel data sample of European airlines over the period of partial market liberalisation (1991–1995) to investigate whether...

Current directives issued by the Basel Committee have established value-at-risk (VaR) as the standard measure to quantify market risk. In view of the wide range of applications and regulatory requirements, the development of accurate techniques becomes a topic of prime importance. VaR should...

Basel III represents a crucial step in strengthening the capital rules underlying banking operations, aimed at reducing the probability and severity of a systemic crisis. Alongside two supplementary capital buffers, the Basel Committee of Banking Supervision imposed severe pressure on the...

This study empirically investigates the role of trade policy along with physical capital, human capital and labour force on economic growth in an isolated economy (i.e. North Cyprus). We use a sample of quarterly and seasonally adjusted data covering the period 1978Q1-2002Q4 to evaluate whether...