Why fully efficient banks matter? A nonparametric stochastic frontier approach in the presence of fully efficient banks

Tran, K.C. and Mamatzakis, Emmanuel and Tsionas, M.G. (2020) Why fully efficient banks matter? A nonparametric stochastic frontier approach in the presence of fully efficient banks. Empirical Economics 58 , pp. 2733-2760. ISSN 0377-7332.

Abstract

A common assumption in the banking stochastic performance literature refers to the non-existence of fully efficient banks. This paper relaxes this strong assumption and proposes an alternative semiparametric zero-inefficiency stochastic frontier model. Specifically, we consider a nonparametric specification of the frontier whilst maintaining the parametric specification of the probability of fully efficient bank. We propose an iterative local maximum likelihood procedure that achieves the optimal convergence rates of both nonparametric frontier and the parameters contained in the probability of fully efficient bank. In an empirical application, we apply the proposed model and the estimation procedure to a global banking data set to derive new corrected measures of bank performance and productivity growth across the world. The results show that there is variability across regions, and the probability of fully efficient bank is mostly affected by bank-specific variables that are related to bank’s risk-taking attitude, whereas country-specific variables, such as inflation, also have an effect.

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