This paper analyzes efficiency and profitability in the Swiss banking sector over the period 1997-2019. We find strong … evidence for scale economies: for most banks in the sample, efficiency and profitability increase with bank size. Using an … profitability is likely causal. Scale economies have been more pronounced since 2010 than in the years prior to the global financial …

, industry-specific characteristics, and macroeconomics variables) on rural banks performance (profitability and efficiency) in … the distance of banks‟ to the nearest bank negatively affects profitability, but positively affects bank efficiency …. However, the area of market boundary has positive impact to bank profitability and efficiency. The Lerner index shows that …

Despite the European Commission’s concrete steps to integrate the national car markets and reduce car price dispersion …, significant car price differences exist. Moreover, international differences in taxation of sales and registration of motor … taxes (CRT) and market concentration level on the profitability of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the …

The net interest margin (NIM) from the traditional intermediation function is pivotal for bank profitability and …

profitability of German banks and their capacity to lend. With a NSFR-model that is partially calibrated against reported NSFRs, we … minimum standard is unlikely to exhibit adverse consequences for credit supply and bank profitability. …