Politická ekonomie 2024, 72(6):841-866 | DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1442

Two Decades of Efficiency Research in Czech and Slovak Banking in Retrospect

Martin Boďa ORCID..., Emília Zimková ORCID..., Anton Karaka
Martin Boďa: Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Economics, Slovak Republic; Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, Czech Republic
Emília Zimková: Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Economics, Slovak Republic
Anton Karaka: Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Economics, Slovak Republic

The paper is a thematic analysis of 44 empirical studies that applied frontier techniques in analysing efficiency of Czech and Slovak commercial banks. The 44 journal articles were extracted from the Web of Science database and classified by prevailing research interest, methodological configuration and main findings in order to determine the state of the art and provide a starting point for further research in this subject area. The main research agenda of efficiency studies focused on Czech and Slovak banking was classified into eight relatively compact research interests ranging historically from effects of transition reforms to effects of asset and income diversification. The first identifiable wave of research was represented by foreign authors who examined issues of economic transition and its impact on performance of banks, and lasted until about 2013, when the baton passed into the hands of authors of Czecho-Slovak provenience.

Keywords: Efficiency, Czech banking, Slovak banking, research front, thematic analysis
JEL classification: G21, L25

Received: September 8, 2023; Revised: February 20, 2024; Accepted: April 9, 2024; Prepublished online: November 13, 2024; Published: December 13, 2024  Show citation

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Boďa, M., Zimková, E., & Karaka, A. (2024). Two Decades of Efficiency Research in Czech and Slovak Banking in Retrospect. Politická ekonomie, 72(6), 841-866. doi: 10.18267/j.polek.1442
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