. . . . . "This paper estimates the cost and profit efficiency of the Czech commercial banks in the period 2001-2010. The paper employs the parametric approach, in particular the Stochastic Frontier Approach, to estimate the cost and profit efficiency of commercial banks in the Czech Republic. Estimates of the average cost efficiency ranged the value 78-91% and the average profit efficiency ranged from 64-99%. The highest average cost efficiency achieved the group of the medium-sized banks following by the group of small banks and the highest average profit efficiency achieved the group of the small banks. The largest banks were the lowest efficient in the case of the cost and profit efficiency. The development of the average efficiency in three groups of banks is practically similar. The Czech commercial banks were more profit efficient then cost efficient in the most of the estimated period. The reason of the inefficiency of the Czech banks is mainly an excess of client deposits in balance shee t of banks and improperly chosen size (range of operation) of individual banks (especially the largest banks)."@en . "67177" . . . "IT - Italsk\u00E1 republika" . . . "3" . "Cost and Profit Efficiency of the Czech Commercial Banks"@en . "RIV/47813059:19520/13:#0002206!RIV14-MSM-19520___" . "S" . . . "1"^^ . . "Cost and Profit Efficiency of the Czech Commercial Banks" . . "1"^^ . "Cost and Profit Efficiency of the Czech Commercial Banks"@en . "9"^^ . . "International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences" . . "7" . "\u0158EPKOV\u00C1, Iveta" . "1998-0140" . . "Cost and Profit Efficiency of the Czech Commercial Banks" . "Commercial banks; cost efficiency; Czech Republic; profit efficiency; Stochastic Frontier Approach"@en . . "This paper estimates the cost and profit efficiency of the Czech commercial banks in the period 2001-2010. The paper employs the parametric approach, in particular the Stochastic Frontier Approach, to estimate the cost and profit efficiency of commercial banks in the Czech Republic. Estimates of the average cost efficiency ranged the value 78-91% and the average profit efficiency ranged from 64-99%. The highest average cost efficiency achieved the group of the medium-sized banks following by the group of small banks and the highest average profit efficiency achieved the group of the small banks. The largest banks were the lowest efficient in the case of the cost and profit efficiency. The development of the average efficiency in three groups of banks is practically similar. The Czech commercial banks were more profit efficient then cost efficient in the most of the estimated period. The reason of the inefficiency of the Czech banks is mainly an excess of client deposits in balance shee t of banks and improperly chosen size (range of operation) of individual banks (especially the largest banks)." . "19520" . "RIV/47813059:19520/13:#0002206" . "[D94BD5745895]" .