Bank efficiency scores usually serve as a tool for comparing institutions with each other while allowing us to quantify … on banks’ efficiency and technological development. …

; Thick Frontier Approach ; X-efficiency …

This study investigates the evolution of banking efficiency of post-communist new EU member countries over a time span … whether significant efficiency improvements were achieved in their banking systems. Adopting the approach by Sickles (2005 …), we employ a wide range of non-parametric, semi-parametric and parametric tools to evaluate output efficiency of …

agencies, but existing evidence suggests that these reforms will not improve bank stability or efficiency. While some countries …This paper presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in 142 countries and makes comparisons with … two earlier surveys. The data do not suggest that countries have primarily reformed their bank regulations for the better …