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 …

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 …

The paper analyses the cost and effectiveness of bank restructuring policies in 11 transition countries during 1991 …-98. It argues that country-specific banking sector features, the size of bad loans inherited from the centrally planned … costs and overall improvement in banking sector performance for the sample countries as a whole. …

This paper investigates the presence of depositor discipline in the U.S. banking sector. We test whether depositors … discipline: a weak bank may not necessarily be able to stop a deposit drain by raising its uninsured deposit interest rates. …

concentrated banking systems. We outline research directions aimed at explaining why bank consolidation and conglomeration do not …This paper documents global trends in bank activity, consolidation, internationalization, and financial firm … conglomeration, and explores the extent to which financial firm risk and systemic risk potential in banking are related to …

The typical portrait of monetary policy has the banks and the money supply being manipulated through changes in bank … reserves. However, with only a small portion of bank deposits now subject to reserve requirements, an alternative explanation … requirements for monetary policy. In particular, we identify a "bank balance-sheet channel" of monetary policy, which operates …

, which more than offsets their lower profitability and capitalization. This is most likely due to cooperative banks' ability … presence on bank stability is positive on average but insignificant in some specifications. …