Efficiency of banks in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand

Shazida jan Mohd khan, Shamzaeffa Samsudin and Rabiul Islam

International Journal of Social Economics, 2017, vol. 44, issue 12, 2302-2312

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to use the concept of meta-frontiers data envelopment analysis (DEA) to compare the technical efficiencies of banks in selected Southeast Asia countries in the periods of 1998-2012. Design/methodology/approach - The authors evaluate bank efficiency in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines by means of DEA, and the authors employ a meta-frontiers approach to calculate efficiency scores in a cross-country setting. Findings - The analysis shows that even there are some similarities in the process of financial reforms undertaken in the selected countries, the observed efficiency levels of banks vary substantially across the market. Originality/value - It is crucial to take into consideration of different technologies in explaining the efficiency differences.

Keywords: Performance; Southeast Asia; Data environment analysis; Meta-frontiers; G21; G28; L11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-01-2016-0020

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