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Integration, productivity and technological spillovers: Evidence for eurozone banking industries

Casu, B., Ferrari, A., Girardone, C. & Wilson, J. O. S. (2016). Integration, productivity and technological spillovers: Evidence for eurozone banking industries. European Journal of Operational Research, 255(3), pp. 971-983. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.06.007

Abstract

In the context of the current debate on increased integration of eurozone banking markets following the global financial and sovereign debt crises, this paper evaluates the impact of regulatory reform, starting from the inception of the Single Market in 1992, on bank productivity and assesses the cross-border benefits of integration in terms of technological spillovers. We utilise a parametric meta-frontier Divisia index to estimate productivity change and identify technological gaps. We then assess the extent to which productivity converges within and across banking industries as a result of technological spillovers. Our results suggest that productivity growth has occurred for eurozone countries, driven by technological progress, both at the country and the supra-country level, although the latter slows or in some cases reverses since the onset of the crisis. Technological spillovers do exist, and have led to progression toward the best technology. However, convergence is not complete and significant long run differences in productivity persist. Improvements in technology are increasingly concentrated in fewer banking industries.

Publication Type: Article
Publisher Keywords: Productivity growth; Divisia index; Spillovers; Convergence; European banking
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Departments: Bayes Business School > Finance
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