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Operating Performance of the Banking Industry: An Empirical Investigation of the South Eastern European Region

Christos Staikouras, Emmanuel Mamatzakis and Anastasia Koutsomanoli-Filippaki
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Christos Staikouras: Athens University of Economics and Business

South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 2007, vol. 5, issue 2, 245-266

Abstract: This paper examines the operating performance of the South Eastern European (SEE) banking industry over the period 1998-2003. To this end, we investigate the empirical relationship between operating expenses and bank, market and country specific characteristics. Operating performance is found to be positively related to loan quality and the asset size or the bank’s market share, and negatively related to liquidity, the loan ratio and bank's age.

Keywords: South Eastern European banking sectors; Operating performance; Personnel expenses; Administrative expenses; Bank structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 G21 L25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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