Bank productivity growth and convergence in the European Union during the financial crisis

• Main Authors: Degl'Innocenti, Marta, Kourtzidis, Stavros A., Sevic, Zeljko, Tzeremes, Nickolaos G.
• Format: Article
• Published: North-Holland 2017
• Subjects: HG Finance
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/24754/; http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2016.11.016

This paper examines the bank productivity growth and integration process for the 28 EU countries during three main phases of the financial crisis: the U.S. subprime crisis (2007–2008), the global financial crisis (2009–2010) and the sovereign debt crisis (2010–2012). We extend the Malmquist Producti...