外文翻譯--美國(guó)商業(yè)銀行的生產(chǎn)效率和績(jī)效評(píng)估（節(jié)選）

1、<p>　　1800單詞，10500英文字符，中文2700字</p><p>　　出處：Barr R S, Killgo K A, Siems T F, et al. Evaluating the productive efficiency and performance of US commercial banks[J]. Managerial Finance, 2002, 28(8):3-25.&l

2、t;/p><p>　　Evaluating the Productive Efficiency and Performance of U.S. Commercial Banks</p><p>　　Richard S. Barr；Kory A. Killgo；Thomas F. Siems；Sheri Zimmel</p><p>　　Abstract: In this

3、 study, we use a constrained multiplier, input-oriented, data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to evaluate the productive efficiency and performance of U.S. commercial banks from 1984 to 1998. We find strong and consiste

4、nt relationships between efficiency and our inputs and outputs, as well as independent measures of bank performance. Further, our results suggest that the impact of varying economic conditions is mediated to some extent

5、by the relative efficiencies of the banks t</p><p>　　Keywords: Banks; Efficiency; Performance; Benchmarking; Data envelopment analysis</p><p>　　Introduction</p><p>　　Over the past t

6、wo decades, substantial research by financial economists in government and academia from all over the world has gone into evaluating the efficiencies of financial institutions. Berger and Humphrey (1997) survey 130 studi

7、es that apply frontier efficiency analysis to financial institutions in 21 countries. The vast majority of these studies were published in the 1990s, highlighting the importance and greater frequency of this research in

8、recent years.</p><p>　　Not coincidentally, this research and literature has expanded and evolved at a time of great change in world financial markets. A number of forces have fundamentally changed the world

9、in which financial services providers compete, including technology, regulations, and economic changes. For U.S. commercial banks, recent years have witnessed sweeping changes in the regulatory environment, huge growth i

10、n off-balance sheet risk management financial instruments, the introduction of e-commerce and on</p><p>　　In competitive industries, production units can be separated by some standard into those that perform

11、 relatively well and those that perform relatively poorly. Financial economists have done this “separation” by applying nonparametric and parametric frontier efficiency analyses. Berger and Humphrey explain that informa

12、tion obtained from such studies can be used for a variety of reasons. They can inform government policy by assessing the effects of various regulatory changes on efficiency. Resea</p><p>　　Success in competi

13、tive markets demands achieving the highest levels of performance through continuous improvement and learning. Comparative analyses and benchmarking information can alert institutions to new paradigms and new practices, l

14、eading to significant increases in firm efficiency and effectiveness. Frontier analysis methodologies are essentially sophisticated ways to benchmark institutions to determine the relative performance or efficiency among

15、 competing firms. Such analyses can identi</p><p>　　In this paper, we use a constrained-multiplier, input-oriented data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to quantifiably benchmark the productive efficiency of

16、 U.S. commercial banks. Using the parsimonious DEA model developed by Siems and Barr (1998), we measure relative productive efficiency of these institutions over the 15-year period from 1984 to 1998. We find strong and

17、consistent relationships between efficiency and our inputs and outputs, as well as independent measures of bank performance. </p><p>　　2. The efficiency of financial institutions</p><p>　　The fi

18、nancial institution efficiency literature is now both large and recent. Berger and Humphrey (1997) report that of the 130 studies that apply frontier analysis to determine financial institution efficiency, 116 were publi

19、shed from 1992 to 1997. Berger and Humphrey also report that there are now enough frontier analysis studies to draw some tentative comparisons of average efficiency levels both across measurement techniques and across co

20、untries, as well as outline the primary results of the</p><p>　　Previous studies have examined efficiency and associated effects on financial institution performance from several different perspectives. Thes

21、e include the effects of mergers and acquisitions (see Berger, Demsetz, and Strahan, 1999, and Resti, 1998), institution failure (see Barr, Seiford, and Siems, 1993, and Cebenoyan, Cooperman, and Register, 1993), and der

22、egulation issues (see Humphrey and Pulley, 1997, and DeYoung, 1998), among many others. Frontier efficiency models are employed by these</p><p>　　There are at least four frontier analysis methodologies used

23、 to compute financial institution efficiency, and there is no consensus among researchers on which method is best. The approaches differ mainly in how they handle random error and their assumptions regarding the shape of

24、 the efficient frontier. The three main parametric methodologies include the stochastic frontier approach (SFA), the thick frontier approach (TFA), and the distribution-free approach (DFA). In general, parametric approac

25、</p><p>　　DEA has proven to be a valuable tool for strategic, policy, and operational problems, particularly in the service and nonprofit sectors. Its usefulness to benchmarking is adapted here to provide an

26、 analytical, quantitative benchmarking tool for measuring relative productive efficiency. That is, DEA generally focuses on technological, or productive, efficiency rather than economic efficiency.</p><p>　　

27、3. Mathematical foundations for DEA</p><p>　　DEA generalizes the Farrell (1957) single-output/single-input technical efficiency measure to the multiple-output/multiple-input case. DEA optimizes on each indiv

28、idual observation with the objective of calculating a discrete piecewise linear frontier determined by the set of Pareto-efficient decision making units (DMUs). Using this frontier, DEA computes a maximal performance mea

29、sure for each DMU relative to all other DMUs. The only restriction is that each DMU lie on the efficient (extremal) f</p><p>　　Hypotheses</p><p>　　Our overall hypothesis in this study is that m

30、ore efficient institutions differ significantly from less efficient institutions (as determined by our DEA model) in measurable ways, and these results can be used for benchmarking. As one would expect, some measurable d

31、ifferences should manifest themselves particularly in the DEA model’s inputs and outputs. But we also expect to see differences in a variety of bank performance measures and between strong and weak institutions as determ

32、ined by bank e</p><p>　　Model results</p><p>　　Our DEA model was applied to publicly available year-end data reported by U.S. commercial banks from 1984 through 1998. For the purposes of our ana

33、lysis, de novo institutions (defined as those institutions that were less than three years old) are not included, as such institutions tend to have cost structures that differ significantly from more established institu

34、tions. Also excluded are banks that reported nonpositive values for any of the input or output measures, as such values are frequentl</p><p>　　To isolate the relative input and output characteristics of bank

35、s for further analysis, the banks that met our criteria are separated into quartiles by their derived efficiency score. These four groups serve as the basis for our comparison of more and less efficient banks vis-à

36、-vis the DEA models’ individual inputs. To control for banks of varying sizes, we employ a weighted ratio for each of the eight components using the appropriate asset measure: quarter-end assets for balance sheet-relate

37、d</p><p>　　6. Conclusion</p><p>　　In this study, we employ a constrained-multiplier, input-oriented DEA model to evaluate the relative productive efficiency of U.S. commercial banks across a 15-

38、year period. The DEA model offers numerous benefits, including the ability to target areas of relative efficiency between banks. Perhaps most importantly, it allows analysis of multiple aspects of a financial institution

39、’s performance, unlike more common benchmarking methodologies that focus on only one of many interrelated measures at a </p><p>　　We divide commercial banks into quartiles based on their DEA-derived efficien

40、cy score, and find that in each year each quartile has significantly higher efficiency scores than the quartile beneath it. A similar, rank-distinct relationship is discovered between efficiency quartiles on the weighte

41、d measures of noninterest income, other noninterest expense, and purchased funds (all three inversely related to efficiency), as well as earning assets and return on average assets (both positively relat</p><p

42、>　　The level of nonperforming loans to total loans is significant and negatively related to the efficiency scores of the most and least efficient quartiles from 1984 through 1993. The relationship of efficiency to sal

43、ary expense is similar from 1984 through 1994. It is likely that nonperforming loans and salary expense lose their predictive power vis-à-vis efficiency as a result of the same external forces: the improving economy

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59、T.F., Barr, R.S., 1998. Benchmarking the Productive Efficiency of U.S. Banks. Financial Industry Studies, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 11-24.</p><p>　　美國(guó)商業(yè)銀行的生產(chǎn)效率和績(jī)效評(píng)估</p><p><b>　　摘要<

60、;/b></p><p>　　我們采用基于約束乘數(shù)以及投入的數(shù)據(jù)包絡(luò)分析模型來(lái)評(píng)估從1984到1998年美國(guó)商業(yè)銀行的生產(chǎn)效率。我們發(fā)現(xiàn)效率和獨(dú)立措施之間有強(qiáng)烈的一致性。此外，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，在一定程度上，變化的經(jīng)濟(jì)條件產(chǎn)生的影響受到在這些條件下運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的銀行的相對(duì)效率的制約。最后，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了效率與由銀行審單員信用評(píng)級(jí)決定的穩(wěn)固性之間的緊密聯(lián)系。對(duì)于那些用基準(zhǔn)問(wèn)題測(cè)試與其他機(jī)構(gòu)以及監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的聯(lián)系，以此作為銀行審查過(guò)程

61、中的監(jiān)控工具的補(bǔ)充的銀行，這種模型將會(huì)起到一定作用。</p><p>　　關(guān)鍵詞：銀行;效率;性能;基準(zhǔn);數(shù)據(jù)包絡(luò)分析</p><p><b>　　1.引言</b></p><p>　　在過(guò)去的二十年中，有大量的研究涉及了金融機(jī)構(gòu)的效率評(píng)估。伯杰和漢弗萊（1997）研究了近期130個(gè)運(yùn)用前沿效率分析法分析分布于21個(gè)國(guó)家的金融機(jī)構(gòu)的案例。這個(gè)研

62、究以及理論成果在世界金融市場(chǎng)經(jīng)歷巨大變化的時(shí)期進(jìn)一步發(fā)展，這并非偶然。美國(guó)商業(yè)銀行見(jiàn)證了監(jiān)管環(huán)境翻天覆地的變化，資產(chǎn)負(fù)債表金融工具風(fēng)險(xiǎn)管理的巨大增長(zhǎng)，電子商務(wù)和網(wǎng)上銀行的引入，以及意義深遠(yuǎn)的金融行業(yè)整合。所有這些都使美國(guó)的銀行產(chǎn)業(yè)更具競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力。</p><p>　　在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的行業(yè)中，根據(jù)一些標(biāo)準(zhǔn)可以將生產(chǎn)經(jīng)營(yíng)單位分成經(jīng)營(yíng)較好以及較差的兩種。金融方面的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家運(yùn)用前沿效率分析方法進(jìn)行了這一種“區(qū)分”。伯杰漢弗萊表示

63、從這些研究中所獲得的信息可以使用于多個(gè)方面。他們可以通過(guò)評(píng)估效率管理變化所產(chǎn)生的影響來(lái)為政策導(dǎo)向提供信息。通過(guò)描述一個(gè)行業(yè)的效率可以決定研究議題。此外，通過(guò)確定高效率的最“好”和低效率的最“壞”的生產(chǎn)實(shí)踐能夠提高管理水平。</p><p>　　在本文中，我們使用基于約束乘數(shù)以及投入的數(shù)據(jù)包絡(luò)分析模型，以量化的基準(zhǔn)，測(cè)量美國(guó)商業(yè)銀行的生產(chǎn)效率。我們使用DEA方法，是因?yàn)樗塾谏a(chǎn)或者技術(shù)上的效率。DEA規(guī)定了一系

64、列關(guān)于最好的實(shí)踐模式的觀察值并形成了可以評(píng)估所有機(jī)構(gòu)的分段線型前沿。</p><p>　　如果我們的DEA模型顯示了銀行效率和銀行獨(dú)立措施之間一致的聯(lián)系——包括銀行審單員所作的信用評(píng)級(jí)，那么這個(gè)模型就能夠作為監(jiān)控工具的補(bǔ)充而對(duì)銀行以及監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)起作用，從而輔助銀行審查。對(duì)比分析以及基準(zhǔn)信息可以提醒機(jī)構(gòu)注意新的方法，由此促進(jìn)公司效率及效力的顯著增長(zhǎng)。機(jī)構(gòu)可以被定位并得到效率值和排名，這些將有益于決策者，業(yè)內(nèi)分析師，競(jìng)

65、爭(zhēng)公司的管理者。</p><p>　　通過(guò)使用由Siems和Barr（1998）開(kāi)發(fā)的DEA模型，我們測(cè)量了美國(guó)從1984年至1998年經(jīng)營(yíng)超過(guò)15年的商業(yè)銀行的相對(duì)生產(chǎn)效率。我們發(fā)現(xiàn)效率和投入產(chǎn)出以及銀行獨(dú)立措施之間強(qiáng)有力的聯(lián)系。此外，我們的研究結(jié)果表明在一定程度上，變化的經(jīng)濟(jì)條件產(chǎn)生的影響受到在這些條件下運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的銀行的相對(duì)效率的制約。最后，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了效率與由銀行審單員信用評(píng)級(jí)決定的穩(wěn)固性之間的緊密聯(lián)系。<

66、/p><p><b>　　2．金融機(jī)構(gòu)的效率</b></p><p>　　之前對(duì)金融機(jī)構(gòu)的研究金融機(jī)構(gòu)從不同角度對(duì)其效率以及績(jī)效進(jìn)行了探索。這些探索包括兼并收購(gòu)的影響，機(jī)構(gòu)倒閉，撤銷(xiāo)管制等等。前沿分析模型之所以能夠被研究者采用主要是因?yàn)樗麄兡軌蛱峁?duì)相對(duì)績(jī)效客觀量化的測(cè)量，從而減少外因的影響。因此研究者可以將注意力集中于成本，投入，產(chǎn)出，收入，利潤(rùn)等量化的測(cè)量，由此將效率

67、和最好的實(shí)踐機(jī)構(gòu)聯(lián)系起來(lái)。</p><p>　　目前至少有四個(gè)前沿分析方法用于計(jì)算金融機(jī)構(gòu)的效率，而研究者們對(duì)于最好的方法并沒(méi)有達(dá)成一致。這些方法的主要區(qū)別在于如何處理隨機(jī)誤差以及關(guān)于效率邊界的猜測(cè)。三個(gè)主要參數(shù)包括隨機(jī)前沿方法（SFA），厚前沿方法（TFA），和自由分布方法（DFA）。</p><p>　　總的來(lái)說(shuō)，參數(shù)方法詳細(xì)說(shuō)明了在成本，利潤(rùn)或者在輸入輸出以及環(huán)境因素之間的生產(chǎn)關(guān)系的

68、功能形式，并允許存在隨機(jī)誤差。這種主要的非參數(shù)方法是數(shù)據(jù)包絡(luò)分析。由Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes (1978)發(fā)明的數(shù)據(jù)包絡(luò)分析通過(guò)使用多重輸入以及多重輸出來(lái)計(jì)算由個(gè)人決斷的單位的技術(shù)（生產(chǎn)）效率。</p><p>　　我們將DEA方法作為我們發(fā)展效率前沿的選擇，這是因?yàn)镈EA的僅僅著眼于生產(chǎn)效率，不需要明確的規(guī)范基本生產(chǎn)關(guān)系的形式。DEA方法已被證明是一個(gè)有價(jià)值的工具，用于戰(zhàn)略，政策和

69、操作問(wèn)題，特別是在服務(wù)和非營(yíng)利性部門(mén)。它對(duì)測(cè)量基準(zhǔn)的作用也適用于這里，提供了一個(gè)分析，定量的工具用于銀行之間相對(duì)生產(chǎn)效率的測(cè)量。</p><p>　　3．DEA方法的數(shù)學(xué)基礎(chǔ)</p><p>　　DEA將法雷爾（1957）的技術(shù)效率測(cè)量方法進(jìn)一步發(fā)展概括于多重輸入/輸出的案例中。 DEA以計(jì)算離散分段線性前沿為目標(biāo)，優(yōu)化對(duì)每個(gè)個(gè)體的觀察報(bào)告。使用這個(gè)前沿，DEA計(jì)算出每個(gè)DMU相對(duì)于其他D

70、MU的最大性能測(cè)量。唯一的缺陷是每個(gè)DMU要依靠效率前沿或者限制在這個(gè)前沿之內(nèi)，那些依賴(lài)這個(gè)前沿的DMU是最好的實(shí)踐機(jī)構(gòu)。</p><p><b>　　4．假說(shuō)</b></p><p>　　我們的總體假設(shè)是，效率較高的機(jī)構(gòu)與效率較低的機(jī)構(gòu)之間有顯著差別，這些差別是可以被測(cè)量出來(lái)的。我們希望看到各個(gè)銀行業(yè)績(jī)?cè)u(píng)估的顯著差別，各個(gè)強(qiáng)弱機(jī)構(gòu)之間的顯著差異，以及該模型的輸入和輸

71、出的不同。具體來(lái)說(shuō)，更高效的機(jī)構(gòu)應(yīng)具有較高的盈利水平，較少的問(wèn)題貸款和較低（強(qiáng)）銀行信用評(píng)級(jí)。</p><p><b>　　5．結(jié)果</b></p><p>　　根據(jù)美國(guó)1984年到1998年商業(yè)銀行的報(bào)告，我們的模型可公開(kāi)運(yùn)用于年終數(shù)據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)。那些經(jīng)營(yíng)還少于3年的機(jī)構(gòu)不包括在內(nèi)，因?yàn)檫@種機(jī)構(gòu)傾向于擁有與那些已存在的機(jī)構(gòu)截然不同的成本結(jié)構(gòu)。根據(jù)報(bào)告，那些投入或者產(chǎn)出為負(fù)

72、值的銀行業(yè)不包括在內(nèi)，因?yàn)槟切?shù)值通常暗示報(bào)告的失誤以及操作的紊亂。</p><p>　　根據(jù)得出的效率分?jǐn)?shù)，我們將符合我們標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的銀行分成四個(gè)部分。這四個(gè)組將作為我們這四個(gè)組作為我們比較更高效率或更低效率銀行的基準(zhǔn)。通過(guò)我們控制銀行規(guī)模雇用的八個(gè)組成部分，每年的加權(quán)比例，使用適當(dāng)?shù)馁Y產(chǎn)措施：季度末的資產(chǎn)，資產(chǎn)負(fù)債表相關(guān)項(xiàng)目及相關(guān)收入和支出項(xiàng)目的平均資產(chǎn)。此外，分析銀行業(yè)績(jī)：平均資產(chǎn)的回報(bào)率，貸款總額的不良貸款比率

73、，貸款總額占總資產(chǎn)的比例一般措施。</p><p><b>　　6. 結(jié)論</b></p><p>　　在本文中，我們采用基于約束乘數(shù)以及投入的數(shù)據(jù)包絡(luò)分析模型來(lái)評(píng)估美國(guó)商業(yè)銀行15年內(nèi)的生產(chǎn)效率。DEA模型允許關(guān)于金融機(jī)構(gòu)績(jī)效多個(gè)方面的分析，不像更多共同的基準(zhǔn)方法僅側(cè)重于同一時(shí)期內(nèi)相互關(guān)聯(lián)的測(cè)量中的一種。DEA創(chuàng)造了一種更為廣闊的分析法，這種分析法不需以犧牲洞察的深

74、度，且更相關(guān)，更適用于真實(shí)世界中復(fù)雜的金融機(jī)構(gòu)的運(yùn)行。</p><p>　　根據(jù)DEA導(dǎo)出的效率分?jǐn)?shù)將銀行分成四種類(lèi)別時(shí)，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)每年每一種類(lèi)別都會(huì)比下面的一種擁有更高的效率分?jǐn)?shù)。同樣的，在效率和非利息收入，其他的非利息支出和購(gòu)買(mǎi)基金之間的等級(jí)關(guān)系。盡管效率和利息收入及支出之間的聯(lián)系也許不像市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的結(jié)果那樣普遍，但是我們可以看到的是效率和利息收入之間正相關(guān)以及和支出之間負(fù)相關(guān)，這樣一個(gè)顯著的趨勢(shì)。此外，在最高效