Efficiency in Australian Building Societies: An Econometric Cost Function Approach Using Panel Data
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Maximum-likelihood estimates of a stochastic cost frontier function incorporating efficiency effects are obtained for twenty-two Australian building societies in the period 1992-1995. Cost inefficiency scores indicate that building societies’ costs were twenty percent above what could be considered necessary. The results also indicate that capital adequacy restrictions are not a significant influence on the level of inefficiency; though branch and agency networks, asset size, and non-core commercial activities are. At the industry level that there has been an improvement in the level of cost efficiency of Australian building societies during the period in question.
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| ID Code: | 2709 |
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| Item Type: | Contribution to Journal (Journal Article) |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Measurements or Duration: | 9 pages |
| DOI: | 10.1080/096031098332754 |
| ISSN: | 0960-3107 |
| Pure ID: | 34445492 |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > QUT Business School Current > Schools > School of Economics & Finance |
| Copyright Owner: | Consult author(s) regarding copyright matters |
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| Deposited On: | 25 Nov 2005 00:00 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2024 17:13 |
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