Chinese banks generate large profits and have relatively low nonperforming loans. However, good financial performance … and profitability. Possible factors leading to large profits in the banking system, despite wide-spread inefficiencies …

top-down—were employed in the analysis. Results of the stress test show that under changing macroeconomic conditions …

regression analysis that tests for misalignment of the exchange rate. The paper also evaluates the degree of autonomy extended to …

Determinants of central banks' profitability are studied using a statistical analysis of their balance sheets, country … distribution of profits generally operate in poorer countries with more troubled macroeconomic and institutional environments. For …

maximizes a weighted sum of consumer surplus, profits, and tax receipts can tax firms with different efficiencies differently … ad valorem sales tax, and a profits tax with imperfect deductibility of capital cost, and a combination of the last two … receipts. Analytic and simulation results are provided. When both ad valorem taxes and the imperfect profits tax are combined …

the risk-free rate increases lending profitability by reducing funding costs and increasing the surplus the monopolistic …