controlling for bank specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank profitability. Bank profitability is proxied by return on … significant negative effect on bank profitability only in the long run. Generally, the explanatory variables used in the study … have short run and long run effects on bank profitability, although the impact is not uniform across the different measures …

We evaluated the effects of the bank levy (BL) on the profitability of commercial banks and the balance sheet … or shift assets among different locations or entities to decrease the bank levy. The research findings also showed that …