ON THE SOURCES OF HETEROGENEITY IN BANKING EFFICIENCY LITERATURE

Francesco Aiello () and Graziella Bonanno

No 201612, Working Papers from Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Economia, Statistica e Finanza "Giovanni Anania" - DESF

Abstract: This study reviews the empirical literature on banking efficiency by conducting a meta-regression analysis. The meta-dataset consists of 1,661 observations retrieved from 120 papers published over the period 2000–2014. While the role of study design and method-specific characteristics of primary studies is evaluated, the focus concerns regulation in banking. The results are fourfold. First, parametric methods always yield lower levels of banking efficiency than nonparametric studies. Second, banking efficiency is higher in studies using the value-added approach rather than the intermediation method. Third, efficiency scores also depend on the journal’s ranking and on the number of observations and variables used in the primary papers. Finally, regulation matters: primary papers focusing on countries with a liberalized banking industry provide higher values for efficiency scores.

Keywords: Banking; Frontier Models; Efficiency; Meta-analysis; Regulation; Study design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 C14 C80 D24 G21 G28 K20 L25 L43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2016-11
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Journal Article: ON THE SOURCES OF HETEROGENEITY IN BANKING EFFICIENCY LITERATURE (2018)
Working Paper: On the Sources of Heterogeneity in Banking Efficiency Literature (2014)
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