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Bank Efficiency and Banking Sector Development: the Case of Italy

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  • Elisa Luciano
  • Luca Regis

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The paper illustrates the efficiency features of the Italian banking system through a review of the most important empirical studies over the last fifteen years. Particular emphasis is given to DEA (dynamic envelopment analysis) studies and to their capability to investigate economies of scale and geographical differences. The role of mergers — which are, as a matter of fact, a crucial feature of several systems, including Italy — is stressed. The Italian experience is compared to the one of old EU member countries. The paper concludes that there seem to be economies of scale at the beginning of the period, while they do not seem to characterize more recent years.

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  • 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.
    • Handle: RePEc:icr:wpmath:5-2007
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    1. Nikolay Nenovsky & Martin Ivanov & Gergana Mihaylova, 2008. "The Evolution of Bulgarian Banks' Efficiency During the Twenties: A Dea Approach," Working Papers 82, Bank of Greece.
    2. Nikolay Nenovsky & Gergana Mihailova-Borisova, 2017. "Efficiency of the Bulgarian Banks in the Twenties of Last Century: Historical Reconstruction by means of Nontraditional Methods of Efficiency Measurement," Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, Centre for Economic History Research, vol. 2, pages 168-191, November.
    3. Muneesh Kumar & Padmasai Arora, 2010. "Bank efficiency measurement using alternative techniques of frontier analysis: evidence from India," Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(1), pages 40-69.
    4. Padilla-Hernández, Salvador & Venegas-Martínez, Francisco & Gómez-Monge, Rodrigo (ed.), 2011. "Avances recientes en teoría y práctica económica," Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación de la Escuela Superios de Economía del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Economía, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, edition 1, volume 2, number 006, July.
    5. Katerina Voycheska, 2011. "Empirical Research on the Banking Efficiency in R. Macedonia," Economic Thought journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 1, pages 73-93.

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