This study, empirically, investigates the determinants of bank profitability. The debate on whether Basel capital … regulation affects bank profitability continues to attract research interest, globally. I contribute to this debate by providing … a country specific study. Overall, I find that Basel capital regime had no significant effect on bank profitability. The …

This study investigates the determinants of banking sector profitability in South Africa, Nigeria and the United States … determinants of the banking sector profitability. In the comparative analysis, the findings from South Africa show that the cost … profitability. In the United States, capital adequacy ratio and the size of non-performing loans are significant determinants of …

This study investigates the determinants of African bank profitability while controlling for bank capital regulation …

investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on bank profitability in 22 advanced countries. The measures of bank … profitability are net interest margin, lending-deposit spread, non-interest income ratio, after-tax return on asset, before … ratio are negatively related to profitability in times of high EPU. The findings also reveal that high EPU has a positive …

concentration, nonperforming loans, cost efficiency and the level of inflation are significant determinants of the profitability of …In this paper, we examine whether financial development is an important determinant of bank profitability. Using the … larger the size of the Nigerian financial system, the lower the profitability of banks in Nigeria. Also, we observe that bank …