Measurement of Bank Performance in Greece

Kyriaki Kosmidou and Constantin Zopounidis
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Constantin Zopounidis: Technical University of Crete

South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 2008, vol. 6, issue 1, 79-95

Abstract: During the last few years, the Second Banking Directive has set out the principles of banking in the single European financial market and provided equal competitive conditions for all European banking institutions. Thus, banks have been forced to be more competitive and to implement bank rating systems to evaluate their financial risks. The present study evaluates the performance and efficiency of the commercial and cooperative banks in Greece for the period 2003-2004. Moreover, the Greek banks are rated based on their performance. The ranking result can be used to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of a bank compared to its competitors and it can serve as a basis for the construction of a rating system for Greek banks. The results obtained indicate that commercial banks are tending to increase their accounts, to attract more customers and ameliorate their financial indices, thereby becoming more competitive and maximizing their profits. Concerning the cooperative banks in Greece, the conclusions are not so uniform, since there are banks that are enjoying considerably increased profits and market shares, and others whose financial indices seem to be deteriorating.

Keywords: Commercial Banks; Cooperative Banks; Performance; Ranking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C65 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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