... commercial banks under European banking supervision. Our working data refer to the years 2015–2019. High levels of inefficiency in any of the banking outputs indicate potential for growth through efficiency reduction by banks. Findings Our results indicate that non-traditional banking activities...

..., respond differently to policy and economic shifts. Design/methodology/approach We use a decomposition method to investigate the changes in energy intensity arising from changes in the composition of economic activities and efficiency. We also estimate the impact of various socioeconomic factors...

...Syed Hasanat Shah; Sarath Delpachitra; Yingsi Yang; Natan Colombo Purpose Financial misappropriation is a significant challenge to China’s innovation-driven growth model. This paper investigates the impact of regional-level financial misappropriation on innovation efficiency across 30 provinces...

... controversies (ESGC) in pursuing traditional productive efficiency, over the timespan 2011–2021. Design/methodology/approach To our end, we use oriented distance functions according to the nonparametric efficiency approach of data envelopment analysis (DEA). This framework accounts for undesirable outputs...

...Laxmidhar Samal Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the price discovery and market efficiency of energy futures traded in India. The study also examines the volatility spillover effect between the cash and futures markets of energy commodities. Design/methodology/approach The study...

... to evaluate banks as it is necessary to present to what extent they use their resources efficiently. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the efficiencies of Turkish banks by the two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Malmquist productivity index (MPI). Design/methodology/approach...

.../methodology/approach To achieve our aim a green investment fund portfolio, a socially responsible investment portfolio and a conventional fund (CF) portfolio from the United States of America (USA) were selected to compare the efficiency of these three different portfolios, by using Value-Based Data...

...Eucabeth Majiwa; Boon Lee; Jonas Månsson; Clevo Wilson Purpose In this study, the impact of owner-operator and non-owner operator rice mills on productive efficiency is investigated. Design/methodology/approach Primary data collected from a survey of 111 rice mills in the Mwea region of Kenya...

...Simplice Asongu; Rexon Nting; Joseph Nnanna Purpose In this study, we test the so-called “Quiet Life Hypothesis” (QLH), which postulates that banks with market power are less efficient. Design/methodology/approach We employ instrumental variable Ordinary Least Squares, Fixed Effects, Tobit...

...Hamzeh Amirteimoori; Alireza Amirteimoori; Mahdi Karbasian Purpose The paper analyzes the relative performance of provincial gas distribution companies with different types of inputs and outputs. A data envelopment analysis (DEA)-based model is developed to construct an equilibrium efficient...

...Md. Abul Kalam Azad; Peter Wanke; Mohammad Zahir Raihan; S.M. Rakibul Anwar; Riduanul Mustafa Purpose Data envelopment analysis (DEA) calculates the efficiency of a business unit if all the inputs are creating outputs within a “black box.” Under traditional DEA, the detailed process...

... that were empirically examined for their relationship with profitability. These variables are: firm size (as measured by total sales), working capital (WC), company efficiency (assets turnover ratio), liquidity (current ratio) and leverage (debt equity ratio and leverage ratio). Data of 120 companies listed...

...Abdul Latif Alhassan; Nicholas Biekpe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the empirical effect of competition on cost and profit efficiency in the South African non-life insurance market in a three-stage analysis. Design/methodology/approach Using annual firm level data on 80 non...

...Yen Hoang Bui; Delpachitra Sarath; Abdullahi D. Ahmed Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure efficiency of superannuation funds using data envelopment analysis (DEA), using data related to financial performance of superannuation funds. The sample comprises 183 superannuation funds...

...Justo De Jorge-Moreno; Oscar Rojas Carrasco Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide new evidence about the technical efficiency and its determinants in Spanish textile sector during the period 2002-2009. The empirical results suggest that the effects of trade liberalization have led...

...Professor Esfandiar Maasoumi, Professor Almas Heshmati and Dr Guanghua Wan; Luisa Marti; Rosa Puertas; Consuelo Calafat Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the efficiency and financial situation of Spanish airlines by conducting a comparative analysis of those operating in hubs...

... and changes in technical efficiency. In addition, the stochastic frontier model incorporates the more realistic non‐neutral shifting production frontier, as opposed to the commonly assumed Hicks‐neutral production technology underlying a production function. Productivity Growth Technology Innovation...

... arrangements. Since these arrangements are directly tailored to care demand, it is generally expected that integrated health care will enhance efficiency. This paper analyses whether a shift towards integrated health care actually represents a Pareto‐optimal change. An analysis of the consequences shows...

...Anthony Mananyi; John J. Struthers Examines the “efficient market” hypothesis for cocoa beans traded on the London Futures and Options Exchange. Futures market efficiency implies that futures prices accurately incorporate all currently known information. Consequently, current futures prices...