India and China. Utilizing bank level data, the study examines the performance indicators of banks in India and China during …The paper analyzes how bank characteristics and the overall financial environment affect the performance of banks in …, bank profitability is usually expressed as a function of internal and external determinants. The internal determinants …

costly equity and may either decrease loans or charge higher cost on bank credit. We argue that cost efficiency can help … banks to accumulate capital through profits, while at the same time, enable them to charge lower cost on bank credit …. Analyzing a panel dataset of 224 banks from China and India over the period 2007-2015, we find robust evidence that cost …

used. The study finds that many similarities and some differences between these two bank groups …