本文利用1994-2004年間35家本國商業銀行組成的緃橫資料(panel data),在考慮異質變異性之下,推估隨機成本邊界函數,計算各商業銀行的成本風險和無效率指標,並探討各種經營策略對銀行經營績效與成本風險的影響。實證結果發現對中小企業放款比率、資產規模、自動化程度、催收款比率越高的銀行,其成本無效率越高;營業利益率、存放比率、金融卡發卡張數、自有資金比率越高的銀行,其成本無效率越低。而成本風險方面,財務槓桿程度、催收款比率越高的銀行,其成本風險越高;反之,資本適足率、投資淨額、手續費及佣金收入越高的銀行,其成本風險越低。
A stochastic cost frontier model allowing for heteroskedasticity was applied to a panel data set composed of the observations from thirty-five commercial banks during 1994-2004. The empirical results show that the ratio of small and medium business loans, total assets, number of ATMs, and overdue loan ratio had a negative effect on banks' efficiency. The variables of operating profit margin, loans to deposits ratio, numbers of IC cards and equity ratio had a positive effect on banks’ efficiency. Moreover, those banks with higher degrees of financial leverages and overdue loan ratios would have a higher risk of costs while those banks with higher ratios of capital adequacy, net investments, and fees and commission revenues would have a lower risk of costs.