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 … banks, and the creation of bank consortia to pool resources for asset and risk management …

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 …

corporate profits, generating a negative wealth effect through depressed equity prices, and reducing confidence in the Bank of …

domestic fiscal policies on cross-border bank lending. By estimating the dynamic response of U.S. cross-border bank lending …-border bank lending. The magnitude of the effect is also economically significant: the effect of 1 percent of GDP increase …