The Investigation of Heterogeneous Productions Technologies: Implications for the Banking Efficiency
37 Pages Posted: 25 Aug 2011
Date Written: June 1, 2011
Abstract
Surveys of bank efficiency intrinsically draw conclusions based on the assumption that all banks in a sample use the same production technology. Neglecting the existence of unobserved differences in technological regimes might distort efficiency estimates by assigning incorrectly these deviations as inefficiency. We approach these consideration by estimating the unobserved heterogeneity in banking technologies in a latent class stochastic frontier model. We quote an application of the model by using data of the Greek banking sector for the period 1993-2008.Our results reveal that the Greek bank-heterogeneity can be controlled by two technological regimes. In addition, managerial choices influence the technology of Greek banks. Based on the changes of the efficiency scores of the banks we extract inferences with policy implications in the spectrum of social welfare effects.
Keywords: Bank efficiency, stochastic cost frontier, latent class, panel data
JEL Classification: C81, D24, G21
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?
Recommended Papers
-
Bank Performance, Efficiency and Ownership in Transitition Countries
By John Bonin, Paul Wachtel, ...
-
Bank Ownership and Performance
By Alejandro Micco, Ugo Panizza, ...
-
By Allen N. Berger, George R. G. Clarke, ...
-
By David Grigorian and Vlad Manole
-
Why Privatize? The Case of Argentina's Public Provincial Banks
By Robert Cull and George R. G. Clarke
-
Privatization Matters: Bank Efficiency in Transition Countries
By John Bonin, Paul Wachtel, ...
-
Privatization Matters: Bank Efficiency in Transition Countries
By John Bonin, Paul Wachtel, ...
-
Privatization Matters: Bank Efficiency in Transition Countries
By John Bonin, Iftekhar Hasan, ...