Bank Performance (Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking) - Softcover

Bikker, Jacob; Bos, Jaap W.B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415569613 ISBN 13: 9780415569613

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Economic literature pays a great deal of attention to the performance of banks, expressed in terms of competition, concentration, efficiency, productivity and profitability. This book provides an all-embracing framework for the various existing theories in this area and illustrates these theories with practical applications.

Evaluating a broad field of research, the book describes a profit maximizing bank and demonstrates how several widely-used models can be fitted into this framework. The authors also present an overview of the current major trends in banking and relate them to the assumptions of each model, thereby shedding light on the relevance, timeliness and shelf life of the various models. The results include a set of recommendations for a future research agenda.

Offering a comprehensive analysis of bank performance, this book is useful for all of those undertaking research, or are interested, in areas such as banking, competition, supervision, monetary policy and financial stability.

About this title

About the Author

Jacob Bikker is senior researcher at the Strategy Department, Supervisory Policy Division, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and professor in Banking and financial regulation at Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands.

Jaap Bos is assistant professor of Finance and financial markets at Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415569613
• ISBN 13: 9780415569613
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176