This paper investigates the efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) growth of the
Pakistani banking industry and determines the impact of risk and competition on the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between bank-specific
characteristics and profitability in European banking sector to find the role of internal factors …

Several rounds of banking reforms in China have aimed to increase the competitive
condition and further enhance stability in the Chinese banking sector, while the joint effects …

Using a broad bank-level dataset and the GMM estimator technique described by Arellano
and Bover (1995), this paper analyses how bank-specific characteristics, macroeconomic …

This paper empirically analyses the factors that determine the profitability of Spanish banks
for the period of 1999–2009. We conclude that the high bank profitability during these years …

El propósito de la presente investigación ha sido analizar información extraída de fuentes
oficiales respecto de cuentas, indicadores financieros de la pequeña banca privada e …

Using the GMM estimator technique described by Arellano and Bover (1995), this paper
analyzes the profitability of 372 commercial banks in Switzerland over the period from 1999 …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the internal determinants of bank
profitability and stability in Pakistan banking sector. Because of specific research objectives …

Using bank level data this paper examines how bank's specific characteristics and the
overall banking environment affect the profitability of commercial domestic and foreign …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ascertain whether Islamic bank profitability is driven
by same forces as those driving conventional banking in the Middle East and North Africa …