Journal article
Cost-efficiency and financial and geographical characteristics of banking sectors in the MENA countries
Applied economics, v 49(35), pp 3523-3537
01 Jan 2017
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Abstract
We utilize the translog stochastic frontier model to estimate the cost-efficiency levels for conventional and Islamic, Cooperation Council (GCC) and non-GCC banks in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. The estimated cost-efficiency averages around 77% for those MENA banks, but with slight changes in this score for the individual countries. The results also show that the banks in the GCC countries are the most efficient in the region and the efficiency scores for the conventional and Islamic banks are similar. Finally, the recent financial crisis seems to have a slight impact on the observed efficiency scores of those banks.
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- Title
- Cost-efficiency and financial and geographical characteristics of banking sectors in the MENA countries
- Creators
- Idries M. Al-Jarrah - Qatar UniversityKhalid S. Al-Abdulqader - Qatar UniversityShawkat Hammoudeh - Montpellier Business School
- Publication Details
- Applied economics, v 49(35), pp 3523-3537
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 15
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000400598000004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85007280126
- Other Identifier
- 991019167971604721
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