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The Evolution of Bulgarian Banks' Efficiency During the Twenties: A Dea Approach

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Nikolay Nenovsky () (Bulgarian National Bank, University of Orleans and ICER)
Martin Ivanov (Institute of History, Sofia)
Gergana Mihaylova (Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting, Sofia)

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This paper studies the dynamics of the bank efficiency in Bulgaria in the years 1923 and 1928. In the course of research several interdependencies were detected, related mainly to the reaction of different types of banks to the financial crisis and the financial stabilization. Official bank balance sheets were used as well as the profit and loss statements of 50 Bulgarian credit institutions. After their classification into subgroups different variations of DEA (data envelopment analysis), in particular the intermediation approach, were applied to the banks’ financial positions. The DEA overcomes several deficiencies in the traditional accounting measurement of bank efficiency, which has made it very popular in latest literature. To our knowledge this method has not been applied so far to historical data.

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Paper provided by Bank of Greece in its series Working Papers with number 82.

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Keywords: Bulgarian monetary history; Banking system; Âanking efficiency; DEA modelling.;

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N24 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: 1913-
G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Mortgages

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  2. Allen N. Berger & David B. Humphrey, 1997. "Efficiency of financial institutions: international survey and directions for future research," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1997-11, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]
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  3. Elisa Luciano & Luca Regis, 2007. "Bank Efficiency and Banking Sector Development: the Case of Italy," ICER Working Papers - Applied Mathematics Series 5-2007, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Sophia Lazaretou, 2008. "Banking and Central Banking in Pre-WWII Grecce: Money and Currency Developments," Working Papers 86, Bank of Greece. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Yuksel Gormez, 2008. "Banking in Turkey: History and Evolution," Working Papers 83, Bank of Greece. [Downloadable!]
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