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Technical Efficiency in the Angolan Banking Sector with the B‐convexity Model
Author(s) -
Barros Carlos P.,
Liang Qi Bin,
Peypoch Nicolas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
south african journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1813-6982
pISSN - 0038-2280
DOI - 10.1111/saje.12034
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , production–possibility frontier , frontier , order (exchange) , corporate governance , industrial organization , market competition , economics , business , production (economics) , market economy , economic system , microeconomics , finance , political science , ecology , law , biology
This paper analyses technical efficiency in Angolan banks from 2005 to 2010 with an innovative production frontier model, the B -convexity model. The intermediate approach is adopted. It is observed that the efficiency increases over the observation period, according to the international experience, market share and local markets. Policy implications indicate that competition and governance should be promoted in order to increase efficiency.