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The effects of ownership on bank efficiency in Latin America
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Abstract In recent years many countries have privatized their state-owned banks and encouraged foreign investment. This paper investigates the roles of state and private ownership and foreign and domestic ownership on the performance of banks across Latin America. Using a range of financial and economic rati... view more
In recent years many countries have privatized their state-owned banks and encouraged foreign investment. This paper investigates the roles of state and private ownership and foreign and domestic ownership on the performance of banks across Latin America. Using a range of financial and economic ratios, data envelopment analysis and regression modelling, the study reveals that by 2001 there was surprisingly little difference in performance between state-owned and privately-owned banks and between foreign and domestically-owned banks. The study also reports significantly different levels of bank performance in different Latin American countries, suggesting that country differences outweighed ownership differences in explaining performance.... view less
Classification
Economic Sectors
Financial Planning, Accountancy
Free Keywords
Latin America; banking efficiency; ownership; performance
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 2353-2368
Journal
Applied Economics, 41 (2009) 18
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840701222546
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)