| Inside the black box: What explains differences in the efficiencies of financial institutions? AN Berger, LJ Mester Journal of banking & finance 21 (7), 895-947, 1997 | 3812 | 1997 |
| A study of bank efficiency taking into account risk-preferences LJ Mester Journal of banking & finance 20 (6), 1025-1045, 1996 | 1120 | 1996 |
| Explaining the dramatic changes in performance of US banks: technological change, deregulation, and dynamic changes in competition AN Berger, LJ Mester Journal of financial intermediation 12 (1), 57-95, 2003 | 889 | 2003 |
| What’s the point of credit scoring LJ Mester Business review 3 (Sep/Oct), 3-16, 1997 | 792 | 1997 |
| Deposits and relationship lending M Berlin, LJ Mester The Review of Financial Studies 12 (3), 579-607, 1999 | 702 | 1999 |
| Efficiency in the savings and loan industry LJ Mester Journal of Banking & Finance 17 (2-3), 267-286, 1993 | 621 | 1993 |
| Debt covenants and renegotiation M Berlin, LJ Mester Journal of Financial Intermediation 2 (2), 95-133, 1992 | 597 | 1992 |
| Bank capitalization and cost: Evidence of scale economies in risk management and signaling JP Hughes, LJ Mester Review of economics and statistics 80 (2), 314-325, 1998 | 594 | 1998 |
| A quality and risk-adjusted cost function for banks: Evidence on the “too-big-to-fail” doctrine JP Hughes, LJ Mester Journal of productivity analysis 4 (3), 293-315, 1993 | 571 | 1993 |
| Consumer behavior and the stickiness of credit-card interest rates PS Calem, LJ Mester The American Economic Review 85 (5), 1327-1336, 1995 | 549 | 1995 |
| Are scale economies in banking elusive or illusive?: Evidence obtained by incorporating capital structure and risk-taking into models of bank production JP Hughes, LJ Mester, CG Moon Journal of Banking & Finance 25 (12), 2169-2208, 2001 | 539 | 2001 |
| The dollars and sense of bank consolidation JP Hughes, WW Lang, LJ Mester, CG Moon Journal of banking & finance 23 (2-4), 291-324, 1999 | 469 | 1999 |
| Who said large banks don’t experience scale economies? Evidence from a risk-return-driven cost function JP Hughes, LJ Mester Journal of Financial Intermediation 22 (4), 559-585, 2013 | 466 | 2013 |
| Efficient banking under interstate branching JP Hughes, W Lang, LJ Mester, CG Moon Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 28 (4), 1045-1071, 1996 | 462 | 1996 |
| A multiproduct cost study of savings and loans LJ Mester The Journal of finance 42 (2), 423-445, 1987 | 426 | 1987 |
| Measuring efficiency at US banks: Accounting for heterogeneity is important LJ Mester European Journal of Operational Research 98 (2), 230-242, 1997 | 366 | 1997 |
| On the profitability and cost of relationship lending M Berlin, LJ Mester Journal of Banking & Finance 22 (6-8), 873-897, 1998 | 343 | 1998 |
| Efficiency in banking: Theory, practice, and evidence JP Hughes, LJ Mester | 302 | 2012 |
| A positive analysis of bank closure GJ Mailath, LJ Mester Journal of Financial Intermediation 3 (3), 272-299, 1994 | 302 | 1994 |
| Traditional and nontraditional banking: an information-theoretic approach LJ Mester Journal of Banking & Finance 16 (3), 545-566, 1992 | 265 | 1992 |
