profitability. In this study, we examine the impact of capital requirements on the cost of financial intermediation and bank … of financial intermediation and increase bank profitability. The results hold when we use equity to total assets ratio as … on the cost of financial intermediation and bank profitability in Bangladesh. In the empirical analysis, we further …

financial intermediation and the supremacy of banks' efficiency. This study examines the concurrent effects of bank risk … intermediation, bank risk, and efficiency and validated the nonlinear relationship considering size and market competition effect. …, efficiency and cost of financial intermediation of Bangladeshi commercial banks. The Two-Step System GMM (2GMM) estimators of …

This paper investigates the size-efficiency relation of European cooperative banks during the 2006-2015 period. We … cooperative banks from 12 European countries. This work extends the existing literature by focusing on shape of size-efficiency … European cooperative banks are significantly more cost efficient than their bigger peers and that the size-efficiency relation …

The authors analyze commercial banks' profitability (return on equity, ROE) at different levels of creditor rights and … an aggregate score of information sharing in terms of credit bureaus. After controlling for bank size and some … macroeconomic variables, the results indicate that profitability is higher and more persistent when creditors are well protected …

this study, we argue that bank efficiency generates incentives that can impact banks’ capital holdings and the cost of … intermediation costs. Our results imply the beneficial impact of bank efficiency for bank stability and real economy. … financial intermediation costs. In an extended sample over the period 2000–2015, we observe that cost efficiency had a marginal …

problems? [Yes]; 3) do bank influenced firms have higher profitability? [No]. Coupled with results about the control …Bank intermediated finance has been cited frequently as the preferred means for channeling funds from savers to firms … assertions about the considerable power of German banks and the advantages of a bank relation, empirical support is mixed. With a …

problems? [Yes]; 3) do bank influenced firms have higher profitability [No]. Coupled with results about the control …Bank intermediated finance has been cited frequently as the preferred means for channeling funds from savers to firms … assertions about the considerable power of German banks and theadvantages of a bank relation, empirical support is mixed. With a …