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The Impact of Bank Characteristics on the Efficiency: Evidence from MENA Islamic Banks

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  • Mustapha Ben Hassine
  • Ratiba Limani

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Islamic banking has experienced over the past two decades spectacular growth. Numerous researches, using non-parametric frontier methods, demonstrated that Islamic banks are more efficient than their conventional counterparts. This study aims at analyzing the efficiency Islamic banks by using the non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA), to estimate five efficiency scores for each bank, and to study the impact of the banking characteristics on efficiency scores. Based on a sample of Islamic banks in the MENA region over the period 2005-2009, we have shown that the dominant source of overall inefficiency of these banks is organizational (technical inefficiency) rather than regulatory (allocative inefficiency). Through a panel methodology, we also demonstrated that internal factors of Islamic banks contribute significantly to the evolution of the economic efficiency of MENA Islamic banks.

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  • Mustapha Ben Hassine & Ratiba Limani, 2014. "The Impact of Bank Characteristics on the Efficiency: Evidence from MENA Islamic Banks," Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 4(3), pages 1-13.
    • Handle: RePEc:spt:apfiba:v:4:y:2014:i:3:f:4_3_13
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    1. Imène BERGUIGA & Philippe ADAIR, 2019. "The performance of Islamic banks in the MENA region: Are specific risks a minor attribute?," Region et Developpement, Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var, vol. 49, pages 5-23.
    2. Abdus Samad, 2021. "Analysis of Comparative Efficiencies of Islamic Banks Across Nine South and Southeast Asian Countries," International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies, Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 10(1), pages 71-85, January.
    3. Raéf Bahrini, 2017. "Efficiency Analysis of Islamic Banks in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Bootstrap DEA Approach," IJFS, MDPI, vol. 5(1), pages 1-13, February.
    4. Abdus Samad & Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury, 2019. "Comparative Bootstrap DEA Technical Efficiencies and Determinant Factors: Evidence From the Islamic Banks of Bahrain and United Arab Emirates," Research in World Economy, Research in World Economy, Sciedu Press, vol. 10(3), pages 291-308, December.
    5. Abdus Samad, 2021. "Bootstrap DEA Efficiencies of the GCC Islamic Banks: Sources and Comparison During 2014-2016," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 11(1), pages 157-166.

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