Bank Reform and Bank Efficiency in Pakistan

International Monetary Fund

No 2001/138, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Pakistan undertook major financial sector reforms starting in the late 1980s. The effects of these reforms on the profitability and cost and revenue efficiency of the banking sector are evaluated. The revenue performance of all banks, and especially the privatized banks, improved significantly, although costs also rose and relative performance across banks did not converge.

Keywords: WP; ln; unit price; privatized bank; Banking; efficiency; deregulation; Pakistan; public sector bank; profit function; bank output; bank subscript; State-owned banks; Commercial banks; Public sector; Foreign banks; Financial sector reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2001-09-01
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