Efficiency Determinants and Dynamic Efficiency Changes in Latin American Banking Industries

M. Kabir Hassan and Benito Sanchez

No 2007-WP-32, NFI Working Papers from Indiana State University, Scott College of Business, Networks Financial Institute

Abstract: This paper investigates the dynamic and the determinants of banking industry efficiency in Latin America. Allocative, technical, pure technical and scale efficiencies are calculated and analyzed in each country. We find that Latin American bank managers have been using resources efficiently, but they are not choosing an optimal input/output. Additionally, we find that traditional banking performance measures are positively correlated with efficiencies while variables that measure banking and financial structure development and macroeconomics present mixed results.

Keywords: Latin American banks; cost efficiency; revenue efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D2 G2 G21 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2007-12
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