A new database of World Bank loans to support financial sector development is used to investigate whether countries …

sector is positively associated with bank‐specific interest spreads after controlling for other bank‐specific and exogenous … sample of private‐owned banks. Findings – Changes in industry concentration do not affect bank‐level interest margins of Sri …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of macroeconomic‐industrial and bank‐specific factors on …. Findings On the one hand, the results show that bank performance is positively related to both idiosyncratic factors, such as … economic growth, inflation, and bank concentration. On the other hand, the results show that bank performance is negatively …

investment in China. Design/methodology/approach – This study proposes the “investment preference theory” to explain that bank … funds to stock market and high‐interest‐rate‐bearing bank deposits to keep a good balance between risk and high return on … empirically tested the choices among bank deposit, stock and property investment. This study hopefully deepens the understanding …

and the bank, as it measures the actual rate of return to both parties in MM contract. Research limitations … implications The finding also sheds some light on the recommendation by Bank Negara Malaysia, which is to consider RR that is more …