, 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 …

the profitability of banks in Pakistan. The study uses the data of 26 domestic banks over the latest and large period of … 2007-2016. Our findings firstly affirm that bank profitability is negatively affected by the presence of politically … inverted U-shaped relationship between board size and bank profitability, suggesting that a board size beyond 8-9 members …

credit institutions were forced to significantly adjust their market strategies. This resulted in a decrease of profitability …

US bank valuations are mainly driven by higher profitability and better cost efficiency. Our results for European banks …

. The analysis shows no systematic relationship between branch network size and overall institutional profitability. The …

profitability. The results imply that mid-sized branch networks may be at a competitive disadvantage, especially relative to the …