“…Technically, this approach measures the level of technical efficiency and economies of scale of the banking industry and other financial institutions. Previous studies have been conducted by employing this approach such as Ozdemir (2013), Shahreki (2012), Tsolas and Dimitris (2012), Rani et al (2017), Kamarudin et al (2016 ), Rusydiana & Firmansyah (2017), Rusydiana (2018aRusydiana ( , 2018b, Ikhwan (2022), Riani (2022), Rusydiana & Sanrego (2018), among others.…”