2010•SSRN Electronic JournalOpen access

Bank Productivity Changes in Saudi Arabia: Results from a DEA-Malmquist Approach

Abdul Malik Syed

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This paper examines the changes in productivity and its components for Saudi Commercial Banks between 1996 and 2009. We employ Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate efficiency frontier, followed by a Malmquist Index of Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Results show that Saudi Arabian Banking industry experienced sustained productivity growth driven mainly by technological progress.

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Key concepts: Total factor productivity, Data envelopment analysis, Malmquist index, Productivity, Index (typography), Frontier, Technological change, Economics