. "14"^^ . . . . "Efficiency and scale economies in banking in new EU countries"@en . . "In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on bank cost-efficiency in transition countries. Our estimates of the cost-efficiency using a distribution-free approach suggests that among the countries analysed, Estonia, Latvia and Slovenia display the highest X-efficiency while the Czech Republic and Poland show the lowest X-efficiency. Reported X-inefficiency is found to be lowest in the segment of foreign banks that were on average more efficient than other banks. The efficiency of small and foreign banks was also higher when compared with large state-owned banks. Results also indicate that economies of scale decrease with bank size." . "1"^^ . "Efektivnost a v\u00FDnosy z rozsahu v bankovn\u00EDm sektoru nov\u00FDch \u010Dlensk\u00FDch zem\u00ED EU"@cs . . . "1"^^ . "[A2263DB01EE7]" . "RIV/47813059:19520/08:#0000107" . "365472" . "P\u0159\u00EDsp\u011Bvek empiricky analyzuje n\u00E1kladovou efektivnost bank v tranzitivn\u00EDch zem\u00EDch. Odhad efektivnost je proveden pomoc\u00ED %22distribution-free approach%22 a v\u00FDsledky ukazuj\u00ED, \u017Ee zat\u00EDmco v Estonsku, Loty\u0161sku a Slovinsku banky dosahuj\u00ED vy\u0161\u0161\u00ED efektivnosti v \u010Cesku a Polsku ni\u017E\u0161\u00ED. Neefektivnost je nejmen\u0161\u00ED v sektoru zahrani\u010Dn\u00EDch bank. Stejn\u011B tak efektivnost mal\u00FDch a zahrani\u010Dn\u00EDch bank je vy\u0161\u0161\u00ED ne\u017E efektivnost velk\u00FDch a st\u00E1tn\u00EDch bank. V\u00FDsledku d\u00E1le ukazuj\u00ED na klesaj\u00EDc\u00ED v\u00FDnosy z rozsahu s rostouc\u00ED velikost\u00ED banky. Jen\u017Ee u tohoto z\u00E1znamu je\u0161t\u011B chyb\u00ED vydavatel a m\u00EDsto vyd\u00E1n\u00ED."@cs . "19520" . . "GB - Spojen\u00E9 kr\u00E1lovstv\u00ED Velk\u00E9 Brit\u00E1nie a Severn\u00EDho Irska" . "Efficiency and scale economies in banking in new EU countries" . "1" . . . "3" . . "cost efficiency, banks, transition economies"@en . . "Matou\u0161ek, Roman" . "1752-0479" . "In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on bank cost-efficiency in transition countries. Our estimates of the cost-efficiency using a distribution-free approach suggests that among the countries analysed, Estonia, Latvia and Slovenia display the highest X-efficiency while the Czech Republic and Poland show the lowest X-efficiency. Reported X-inefficiency is found to be lowest in the segment of foreign banks that were on average more efficient than other banks. The efficiency of small and foreign banks was also higher when compared with large state-owned banks. Results also indicate that economies of scale decrease with bank size."@en . "P(GA402/08/0067)" . "International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance" . "Efektivnost a v\u00FDnosy z rozsahu v bankovn\u00EDm sektoru nov\u00FDch \u010Dlensk\u00FDch zem\u00ED EU"@cs . "RIV/47813059:19520/08:#0000107!RIV09-GA0-19520___" . "Efficiency and scale economies in banking in new EU countries" . "Efficiency and scale economies in banking in new EU countries"@en . . . .