profitability. Banking system consolidation can play a role in facilitating such efficiency gains, but its effectiveness is likely …This paper examines the case for efficiency-driven banking sector consolidation in Italy, evaluates its potential … effects on profitability, and discusses policy options to facilitate a consolidation process that is as effective as possible …

The paper analyzes the efficiency and profitability of Japanese banks from 2000-06. It uses a non-parametric approach … regional banks being less cost and revenue efficient relative to both City and Trust banks. While Japanese bank profitability …, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze banks'' cost and revenue efficiency. The results show that the performance …

have been reluctant to do so. Provided the market expects a bank to rebuild its buffers, any draw-down will open up a … capital shortfall that will weigh on its share price. Therefore, a bank will only decide to use its buffers if the value …

We analyze how bank profitability impacts financial stability from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. We … first develop a theoretical model of the relationship between bank profitability and financial stability by exploring the … empirical determinants of bank risks and profitability, and how the level and the source of bank profitability affect risks for …

The paper investigates EU banks' profitability through the recent financial cycle using banklevel balance sheet and … deterioration in loan quality and a larger improvement in cost efficiency. They also downsized their assets more aggressively during … stable over the financial cycle, including post-crisis, and there is no clear evidence that aspects of bank business model …

conditional profitability distributions. Real GDP growth and the NPL ratio are shown to be the most reliable determinants of bank …This paper explores the determinants of profitability across large euro area banks using a novel approach based on … profitability. However, the estimated conditional distributions reveal that, while higher growth would raise profits on average, a …

This paper reviews the empirical relationships between credit growth, economic recovery, and bank profitability in … underperformance. Bank lending has been subdued as well, but this appears to have only held back the recovery relatively moderately. A … 10 percent increase in bank credit to the private sector is associated with a rise of 0.6-1 percent in real GDP and 2-2 1 …

This paper analyzes the relationship between oil price shocks and bank profitability. Using data on 145 banks in 11 oil …-exporting MENA countries for 1994-2008, we test hypotheses of direct and indirect effects of oil price shocks on bank profitability …. Our results indicate that oil price shocks have indirect effect on bank profitability, channeled through country …

41 SSA countries to study the determinants of bank profitability. We find that apart from credit risk, higher returns on …Bank profits are high in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) compared to other regions. This paper uses a sample of 389 banks in … assets are associated with larger bank size, activity diversification, and private ownership. Bank returns are affected by …