performance of banks in Ethiopia. Explanatory research design was used in establishing the casual effect relationship between … corporate governance variables and banks financial performance measures. Secondary data were collected from the banks' annual …-year period from 2006-2015. The fixed effect model was applied to allow heterogeneity among 7 banks. The regression results show …

: high ownership concentration, moderate ownership concentration and disperse ownership. We find that banks with high … ownership concentration have higher return on assets, higher net interest margin and higher recurring earning power while banks … improves the return on assets of widely-held banks and the return on equity of banks with moderate ownership. The findings have …