Efficiency of conventional versus Islamic banks: international evidence using the stochastic frontier approach (SFA)

• Main Authors: Ramadilli Mohd, Shamsher Mohamad, Hassan, Taufiq, Bader, Mohammed Khaled I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Islamic Bank Training and Research Academy, Islamic Bank Bangladesh Limited 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14255/1/Efficiency%20of%20conventional%20versus%20Islamic%20banks%20international%20evidence%20using%20the%20stochastic%20frontier%20approach%20%28SFA%29.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14255/; http://ibtra.com/journal_back_issue_individual.php?j_id=7
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This paper measures and compares the cost and profit efficiency of 80 banks in 21 of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) countries: comprising of 37 conventional banks and 43 Islamic banks, using the Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA). In addition, it assesses the efficiency of those banks base...