We show that U.S. banks price deposits almost uniformly across their branches and that this pricing practice is crucial …

existence of overall economies of scale, we conclude that German banks may improve their profitability by increasing their asset … size and/or by consolidation. The increased banking profitability will not only come from monopolistic power (higher …

This paper analyzes efficiency and profitability in the Swiss banking sector over the period 1997-2019. We find strong … evidence for scale economies: for most banks in the sample, efficiency and profitability increase with bank size. Using an … profitability is likely causal. Scale economies have been more pronounced since 2010 than in the years prior to the global financial …

efficiency and profitability of banks. This study aims to examine the impact of the introduction of two major regulatory changes … performance, that is, profitability and efficiency. Considering bank size, the results show a diverse impact of regulation on bank … performance. Regarding large- and medium-sized banks, regulation positively affects both efficiency and profitability, whereas …

performers, and new entrants - made substantial contributions to changes in profitability and capitalization of the U.S. banking …

Bank profitability in the USA was extremely high in the pre-crisis period, yet this did not prevent the current crisis …' capital bases. This paper analyses the effects of structure on profitability from 1994 to 2005. Bank-level panel data are used … to test the effects of concentration, market power, bank size and operational efficiency on profitability. Efficiency is …