The influence of risk-taking on bank efficiency : evidence from Colombia

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
894
Published: 
Authors:
Jorge E. Galán
Classification JEL: 
C11, C23, C51, D24, G21, G32

We present a stochastic frontier model with random ineficiency parameters which is able to capture the influence of risk-taking on bank eficiency and that distingues those effects among banks with different characteristics. Cost and profit efficiency are