In the local economy, mutual savings banks play an important role. Nowadays, their roles are enhanced in the banking industry. But researches about mutual savings banks are very deficient.
This paper focuses that the characteristics of Korean mutual...
In the local economy, mutual savings banks play an important role. Nowadays, their roles are enhanced in the banking industry. But researches about mutual savings banks are very deficient.
This paper focuses that the characteristics of Korean mutual savings banks bear some relation to the cost efficiency.
This study estimates the cost efficiency of Korean mutual saving banks for the period 2002∼2007 by using a mathematical programming approach called DEA, and analyzes the characteristics of Korean mutual savings bankings on this efficiency.
The outcome of this study was shown as follows.
First, the results show that about 18∼21% of total operating costs could have been saved if all savings banks had been cost efficient during the period. Second, the largest asset sized group shows higher cost efficiency scores than the other asset sized groups. It is that the asset size is important on the mutual savings bankings management. Third, our result suggests that mutual savings banks with small-size branch networks are more efficient than big or mid-size branch networks. But be careful to analyze branch network. Because almost mutual savings banks have 1 or 2 branches. Forth, the higher ownership concentration on the mutual savings banking is more efficient but, it has a no relation with cost efficiency by a regression analysis. Fifth, the listed mutual savings banks are more efficient than the others. The listed must disclose their information so, people trust their management. Sixth, the stability and the credit loans health are very important factors to increase their cost efficiency. Last, the results of tobit regression are statistically significant at the 5% levels except ownership concentration.