Efficiency, endogenous and exogenous credit risk in the banking systems of the Euro area

José Pastor and Lorenzo Serrano Martinez

Applied Financial Economics, 2005, vol. 15, issue 9, 631-649

Abstract: The implantation of the Euro in 11 of the EU states has driven the big banks to expand their presence in other European countries, which may have negative consequences on their credit risk in view of the disadvantages involved in entering new markets. The aim of this study is to analyse the efficiency and the credit risk of the banks of the most important countries of the Euro area, using a one-stage parametric stochastic procedure that allows one to identify whether the behaviour towards risk of the banks analysed was more cautious or more reckless during the period analysed. The results indicate that adjustments for risk are important in the case of profit efficiency but not in the case of cost efficiency.

Date: 2005
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Working Paper: EFFICIENCY, ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS CREDIT RISK IN THE BANKING SYSTEMS OF THE EURO AREA (2000)
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