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Las Operaciones Fuera De Balance En El Sistema Bancario Español: Implicaciones Para La Eficiencia

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  • Juan Francisco Fernández de Guevara Radoselovics

    (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas)

Abstract

This paper is focused on an activity that has received little attention in the bankingliterature, namely the Off-Balance Sheet activities (OBS). After examining what is meant behind the name OBS activities, the fast growth these operations have shown over the period 1985-1995, and the main causes that have originated this behaviour will be described. The paper also analyses, using a stochastic frontier model, the consequences of including the OBS activities in the production vector in the analysis of the efficiency of the Spanish banking system. A slight reduction in the average efficiency level is found in both commercial and saving banks, although there exist important differences at firm level. The more specialised the firm is in OBS activities, the more reduction in the inefficiency level is found. This result points out the necessity of including the OBS activities in the analysis of the efficiency of banking firms. Este trabajo analiza una de las actividades que menor atención ha recibido en la literatura bancaria: las llamadas Operaciones Fuera de Balance (OFB). Después de examinar lo que se incluye bajo la denominación de OFB, se describirá la evolución de esta actividad bancaria en España y las causas que han determinado su crecimiento durante el periodo 1985-1995. El trabajo también analiza, utilizando un modelo de frontera estocástica, las consecuencias sobre la eficiencia del sistema bancario español de la inclusión de las OFB en el vector de producción, encontrado ligeras reducciones en los niveles medios de eficiencia tanto en bancos nacionales como en cajas de ahorro, si bien existen importantes diferencias a nivel de empresa. Estas diferencias son más acusadas cuanto más especializada se encuentre una empresa en la realización de OFB. Este resultado pone de manifiesto la importancia de la inclusión de las OFB en el análisis y la valoración de la eficiencia de la empresa bancaria.

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  • Juan Francisco Fernández de Guevara Radoselovics, 1998. "Las Operaciones Fuera De Balance En El Sistema Bancario Español: Implicaciones Para La Eficiencia," Working Papers. Serie EC 1998-03, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
  • Handle: RePEc:ivi:wpasec:1998-03
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