Financial crisis, IMF and bank efficiency: empirical evidence from the ASEAN-4 countries
by Fadzlan Sufian
International Journal of Services, Economics and Management (IJSEM), Vol. 2, No. 2, 2010

Abstract: A variety of methodologies have been employed to examine the impact of the 1997 Asian financial crisis on the crisis-affected countries economies. However, the impact of crisis on the efficiency of the financial industry has yet to be studied. By employing the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach the present study examines for the first time the impact of the Asian financial crisis on the efficiency of the ASEAN-4 countries' banking sectors. This study focuses on two major approaches, viz. intermediation and revenue approaches. The empirical findings suggest that the estimates of technical efficiency are consistently higher under the revenue approach. We find that banks are relatively inefficient in a more concentrated banking market. However, when we control for countries that participate in IMF programme, the concentration ratio exhibits a positive relationship with bank efficiency levels, implying that the more concentrated banking system which participates in IMF programme is relatively more efficient in their intermediation function during the post-crisis period.

Online publication date: Tue, 12-Jan-2010

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