Scope Economies in the Costa Rican Banking Industry: An Analysis of the 1997–2009 Period
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2011 |
| Descripció: | This study examines the structure of the Costa Rican banking system during the period 1997–2009 from the perspective of cost savings resulting from joint versus specialized production, using a calculation of scope economies. A translogarithmic cost function is estimated for the system using panel data with thirteen cross-sectional units, or banks. It is concluded that, for all the banks analyzed, there are savings derived from joint production. Economies of scope show a decreasing trend between the beginning and end of the period under study and, in general, are higher for state-owned banks, with Banco Nacional exhibiting the highest values in the entire sample. |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/6005 |
| Accés en línia: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reconomicas/article/view/6005 |
| Paraula clau: | economías de ámbito datos de panel función translogarítmica Código JEL G21 C23 D24 L11 L25 economy of scope panel data translogarithmic functions JEL code |