; however, the impact of bank profitability on economic growth is still unclear. We investigate the link between bank … of bank profitability on economic growth is more prominent in small banking sectors. Perhaps surprisingly, we found that … the bank size has a negative impact on GDP growth, with the influence of bank profitability on economic growth reducing as …

The paper assesses the main factors underlying the decreasing profitability in the European banking sector, in … the absence of a deep and liquid capital market. A stronger European banking system requires true pan-European banks and a …

in bank profitability post-privatization, although differences exist between developed and developing countries. Notably …This paper revisits trends in bank privatization and analyzes their economic impact over the past 25 years. Building on … a novel data set of privatization events for 70 developed and developing countries, it shows that bank privatization …