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Decomposition of the Technical Efficiency: Pure Technical and Scale Efficiency of the Financial System

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  • Alex Bara
  • Sanderson Abel

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The study investigated the technical efficiency of the commercial banks in Zimbabwe during the period 2009-2015. The study entailed the decomposition of the technical efficiency into pure technical and scale efficiency to understand the sources of the technical inefficiency of the commercial banks in Zimbabwe. To accomplish the task the study sampled eleven commercial banks […]

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  • Alex Bara & Sanderson Abel, 2017. "Decomposition of the Technical Efficiency: Pure Technical and Scale Efficiency of the Financial System," Working Papers 683, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Kiemo, Samuel & Kamau, Anne, 2020. "Banking sector competition and intermediation efficiency in Kenya," KBA Centre for Research on Financial Markets and Policy Working Paper Series 42, Kenya Bankers Association (KBA).
    2. Samuel Kiemo & Anne Kamau, 2021. "Banking sector competition and intermediation efficiency in Kenya," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 33(4), pages 648-661, December.
    3. Ntwiga, Davis Bundi, 2020. "Fintech and banks collaboration: Does it influence efficiency in the banking sector?," KBA Centre for Research on Financial Markets and Policy Working Paper Series 40, Kenya Bankers Association (KBA).

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    Keywords

    Banking Regulation; Market Efficiency; productivity;
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    JEL classification:

    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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