Though political and trade matters have generally received the greatest attention in ASEAN related discussions, cooperation in ASEAN banking and financial matters is increasingly cited as a major goal. A variety of regional effeorts having been made at both government and private sector levels,...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine whether the relationship between asset quality and profitability is linear or nonlinear, using a global dataset containing 2,943 banks from advanced and emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use the U-shape test to...