Abstract:
Despite drastic reforms in the banking systems in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka fewer studies
have been conducted to investigate the performance dynamics and the effect of ownership on
bank performance in these countries. Particularly, a cross country comparison is not available
for the selected countries. This study drawing upon the experiences of these countries assesses
the effect of ownership on the revenue performance of banks measured using data envelopment
analysis. The findings suggest that foreign banks outperform their domestic counterparts in
terms of revenue efficiency. Further, domestic private banks are constrained in various aspects
so that they record least performances in each of the selected country.
