USA banking industry. The findings show that bank capital and credit risk influence profitability in Asian developed … findings of the simultaneous equations model indicate that bank capital has a positive impact on profitability in large and … medium banks, whereas the profitability of banks influences the bank capital positively in case of large banks and negatively …

We investigate the determinants of bank interest margins in the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC). We … assess to what extent the relatively high bank margins in CEEC can be attributed to low efficiency or non-competitive market …