Cost Efficiency Characteristics of British Retail Banks

John Ashton ()

The Service Industries Journal, 2001, vol. 21, issue 2, 159-174

Abstract: In this article the cost efficiency characteristics of the British retail-banking sector are investigated. Distribution-free cost efficiency, economies of scale, economies of scope and cost complementarities are all measured. The study employs a one way fixed effects model with a translog specification of productive technology. Both 'production' and 'intermediation' models of bank production are employed and contrasted. Overall, increasing and a low level of dispersion of cost efficiency are observed in this most important commercial sector.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1080/714005022

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