Managerial Finance: Volume 35 Issue 3

Efficiency, ownership and financial structure in European banking: A cross‐country comparison

Claudia Girardone, John C. Nankervis, Ekaterini‐Fotini Velentza

This paper aims to compare the cost efficiencies across bank‐and market‐based EU countries for the different groups of commercial, savings and co‐operative banks; and between…

Measuring and explaining the impact of vertical product differentiation on banking efficiency

Ana Lozano‐Vivas

The paper attempts to analyze vertical product differentiation as a strategy pursued by European banks seeking greater market power and higher reputation for quality, and to…

Determinants of bank efficiency: evidence from a semi‐parametric methodology

Manthos D. Delis, Nikolaos I. Papanikolaou

This paper aims to analyze bank efficiency into a number of bank‐specific, industry‐specific and macroeconomic determinants.

Profit efficiency under a directional technology distance function approach

Anastasia Koutsomanoli‐Filippaki, Dimitris Margaritis, Christos Staikouras

The aim of this study is to investigate profit efficiency in the banking industries of 11 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries for the period 1998‐2005.

The impact of foreign direct investment on total factor productivity growth: International evidence from the banking industry

Sailesh Tanna

The purpose of this study is to examine the association between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and bank level productivity changes.

Guest editorial

Fotios Pasiouras