An efficiency analysis of European banks considering hierarchical technologies

A. Kontolaimou

Applied Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 21, issue 10, 692-696

Abstract: This article, introduces the notion of hierarchical technologies in measuring banking efficiency, which arise from type- and country-specific characteristics of European banks. Adopting a meta-metafrontier framework, efficiency and technology gaps are measured for a sample of commercial, savings and cooperative European banks. In a hierarchical setting of banking technologies, the results reveal significant technology gaps among national banking systems, while minor technology gaps are identified among bank types within each country.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2014.884693

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