regional banks being less cost and revenue efficient relative to both City and Trust banks. While Japanese bank profitability …The paper analyzes the efficiency and profitability of Japanese banks from 2000-06. It uses a non-parametric approach … of Japanese banks has steadily improved since 2001, but there are significant differences within the banking sector, with …

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 …

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 …

bank net interest margins. Combined with resilient asset quality, wider net interest margins supported record profits for …

of the new bank taxes—in terms of their tax base, rate, duration, and burden. The paper discusses several trade-offs in … the design of bank taxes and argues that an alternative or complementary policy response to temporarily high bank profits … is to lock them in as usable bank capital, for example through an increase in countercyclical capital buffer rates …

Using aggregate and bank level data for several countries, the paper studies what happens to the banking system in the … aftermath of a banking crisis. Contemporary crises are not accompanied by declines in aggregate bank deposits, and credit does …

assessment of the soundness of Venezuela's banking sector, based on a diagnosis of its structural and transient shortcomings …. While the Venezuelan banking sector appears sound under current favorable economic conditions, it remains significantly …

This paper considers the implementation challenges facing the Basel Committee’s new proposals on bank capital standards …

system in Malawi. The financial reform program commenced in 1989 when both the Reserve Bank Act and the Banking Act were …This study investigates the impact of financial sector reforms on interest rate spreads in the commercial banking … revised with the easing of entry requirements into the banking system, and indirect monetary policy instruments were …