Abstract

This article presents a meta-regression analysis of 32 studies on frontier efficiency measurement in banking, focusing on the sensitivity of the reported estimates to the methodological design. Our findings suggest that study design is crucial for the resulting scores. The differences between the scores estimated using parametric and non-parametric approaches arise when the Fourier-flexible functional form is used since this functional form yields lower scores. Generally, the higher the number of observations, the higher is the average estimated efficiency. The removal of scale effects using equity capital increases the profit efficiency but it is insignificant for other scores. The efficiency analysis should distinguish the commercial banking from other bank types because the former tends to deliver lower efficiency scores.

The article lists the 53 efficiency scores it uses, study by study, in Tables 3 and 4.

Reference: Zuzana Irsova, Tomas Havranek (2010), "Measuring Bank Efficiency: A Meta-Regression Analysis." Prague Economic Papers 19(4): 307-328.

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Zuzana Irsova, Tomas Havranek (2010), "Measuring Bank Efficiency: A Meta-Regression Analysis." Prague Economic Papers 19(4): 307-328.

BibTeX 
@article{irsova2010bank,
  author  = {Zuzana Irsova and Tomas Havranek},
  title   = {Measuring Bank Efficiency: A Meta-Regression Analysis},
  journal = {Prague Economic Papers},
  volume  = {19},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {307--328},
  year    = {2010},
  doi     = {10.18267/j.pep.379},
}