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Compare And Contrast The Classical Production Approach

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Schoors et al. (2010) state that according to the classical production approach total deposits and total loans are treated as output, and labour and physical capital are used as inputs. As we cite Ferrier and Lovell (1990) \emph {"The production approach views banks as 'producing' demand deposits, time and savings deposits, commercial loans, real estate loans, and instalment loans, using capital, labor, and materials to do so."} Next to this classical production approach, Schoor et al. (2010) mention the intermediation approach introduced by Sealey and Lindley (1977) in their paper: \emph{“Inputs, outputs, and a theory of production and cost at depository financial institutions.”} In this paper they introduce earning assets as outputs and deposits as inputs. …show more content…

In the research paper of Schoors et al. (2010), they prefer the classic production approach because in the intermediation approach, the deposits are neglected as an import output. In order to follow our own rationale, we prefer to apply the classic production approach since deposits are neglected in the intermediation approach and our dataset consists only out of deposit banks. Also Ferrier and Lovell (1990) argue using the production approach if you are measuring the cost efficiency of banks because it takes only the operating costs of banking into account. On the other hand, the intermediation approach is preferable if you want to investigate the viability of banks since it is concerned with the overall costs of banking. But since we want to conduct a comprehensive and thorough research on this subject, we will also include a stochastic frontier model based on the intermediation approach inputs and outputs in our robustness checks

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