Efficiency analysis in banking firms: An international comparison

Abstract The intensive process of financial European integration, together with the profound transformation and deregulation that has taken place in the Spanish banking system, justifies the evaluation of its efficiency in comparison with that of other banking systems. In this context, the aim of this study is to analyze the productivity, efficiency and differences in technology of several banking systems. Using a non-parametric approach together with the Malmquist index, we compare the efficiency, productivity and differences in technology of different European and US banking systems for the year 1992.

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