profitability. In this study, we examine the impact of capital requirements on the cost of financial intermediation and bank … profitability using a panel dataset of 32 Bangladeshi banks over the period from 2000 to 2015. By employing a dynamic panel … of financial intermediation and increase bank profitability. The results hold when we use equity to total assets ratio as …

countries imported from) and firm profitability. While both extensive margins are highly positively linked with firm … advantages of importers are eaten up by extra costs related to buying more goods in more countries. …

the profitability of the exporting firms on the other hand. We find that profits tend to be larger in firms with less …

industry. Since then, their importance has been declining for the benefit of both distribution via direct distribution channel …' distribution systems. Our study contributes to research on coexistence of different distribution systems in insurance industry … information about scale economies in the German life insurance industry. Applying an empirical framework developed by Berger et al …