Bank competition and efficiency in the FYR Macedonia.
Authors
Alessandro Giustiniani
Kevin Ross
Keywords:
Panzar-Rosse, Malmquist, Data envelopment analysis, C4, G21
Abstract
This paper assesses the degree of competition and relative efficiency of the FYR Macedonia’s banking system – a sector which has undergone a substantial amount
of change since the mid-1990s. In general, the results indicate that competition
in the banking sector remains relatively weak and that improvements in bank
efficiency have been limited to date. However, the presence of a small number
of “pocket banks”, which may pursue different objectives than those of standard
banking businesses, suggest that these results should be interpreted with caution.