Banking Sector Efficiency: The Cases of Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia

Anastasia Ri () and Kamilya Suleymenova ()
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Anastasia Ri: University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CEMAFI, France
Kamilya Suleymenova: University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CEMAFI, France

Chapter 15 in Financial Systems Integration of Balkan Countries in the European Financial System: Impact of Global Crisis, 2009, vol. 1, pp 128-137 from Institute of Economic Sciences

Abstract: This paper studies relative banking efficiency in three Balkan countries: Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. Firstly, we analyze different financial transition paths which account for present situation and have an impact on efficiency. We equally go through some macro- and micro- economic indicators to make some hypothesis concerning the relative efficiency in the studied countries. Secondly, we use the Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA) to compare banking sector efficiency. The cost efficiency is analyzed while taking into account the ownership structure. We find that Slovenian banks are globally more efficient than those of Croatia and Serbia. Finally, we demonstrate that state owned banks are generally less efficient than private banks, both foreign and domestic.

Keywords: Banking sector; cost efficiency; stochastic frontier approach; Croatia; Serbia; Slovenia; transition economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
ISBN: 978-2-7466-1290-7
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