BANK EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY PATTERNS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Mihai Niţoi

Revista de Economie Mondiala / The Journal of Global Economics, 2018, vol. 10, issue 4, 36-47

Abstract: In this paper we use data envelopment analysis and Luenberger index to estimate theefficiency and the productivity, respectively, of the credit institutions in the banking systems of Centraland Eastern Europe over the period 2004 to 2013. In recent years, the global financial crisis hassignificantly affected the banking systems of the transition countries. Hence, efficiency is of majorimportance for the stability of the credit institutions. The results of our research highlight someimportant aspects. The metafrontier efficiency scores reveal significant differences among commercialbanks, indicating a potential to increase these scores, as well as a high heterogeneity. Our findingsshow a higher performance for the banking systems in the Czech Republic and Baltic countries, whilethose in Croatia and Romania are lagging behind. We also find very low productivity growth ratesover the sample period, which signalize stagnation.

Keywords: Central and Eastern Europe; banking systems; efficiency; productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 G21 L25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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