1、1800单词， 10500英文字符，中文 2700字 出处： Barr R S, Killgo K A, Siems T F, et al. Evaluating the productive efficiency and performance of US commercial banksJ. Managerial Finance, 2002, 28(8):3-25. Evaluating the Productive Efficiency and Performance of U.S. Commercial Banks Richard S. Barr； Kory A. Killgo； Th
2、omas F. Siems； Sheri Zimmel Abstract: In this study, we use a constrained multiplier, input-oriented, data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to evaluate the productive efficiency and performance of U.S. commercial banks from 1984 to 1998. We find strong and consistent relationships between efficiency
3、 and our inputs and outputs, as well as independent measures of bank performance. Further, our results suggest that the impact of varying economic conditions is mediated to some extent by the relative efficiencies of the banks that operate in these conditions. Finally, we find a close relationship e
4、xists between efficiency and soundness as determined by bank examiner ratings. Keywords: Banks; Efficiency; Performance; Benchmarking; Data envelopment analysis 1. Introduction Over the past two decades, substantial research by financial economists in government and academia from all over the world
5、has gone into evaluating the efficiencies of financial institutions. Berger and Humphrey (1997) survey 130 studies that apply frontier efficiency analysis to financial institutions in 21 countries. The vast majority of these studies were published in the 1990s, highlighting the importance and greate
6、r frequency of this research in recent years. Not coincidentally, this research and literature has expanded and evolved at a time of great change in world financial markets. A number of forces have fundamentally changed the world in which financial services providers compete, including technology, regulations, and economic changes. For U.S. commercial banks, recent years have witnessed sweeping changes in the regulatory environment, huge growth in off-balance sheet risk management financial i
