A note on productivity change in European cooperative banks: the Luenberger indicator approach

Carlos Barros, Nicolas Peypoch and Jonathan Williams

International Review of Applied Economics, 2010, vol. 24, issue 2, 137-147

Abstract: The Luenberger productivity indicator is employed to estimate and decompose productivity change in a sample of cooperative banks operating in 10 EU member states. An average annualised productivity growth of 2.59% is reported between 1996 and 2003, though there is heterogeneity in growth rates across countries. Generally speaking, productivity growth is driven by technological change. However, cooperative banks in southern European banking markets benefit as much from efficiency growth or catching-up with industry best practice. The results suggest that technology sharing arrangements and greater competition arising from deregulation are positive contributors towards productivity change.

Keywords: Europe; cooperative banks; Luenberger productivity indicator; productivity change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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