are focus on financial statement analysis by examining the profitability and performance ratios. Mergers and acquisitions … in the Greek banking system contributed to an increase in profitability of banks but they did not lead to improvement to …

analysis revealed that both macroeconomic forces and industry-related factors affect bank profitability. As far as the … bank profitability. The industry-related factors, rate of growth of the industry's deposits and bank's assets market share … the bank's deposits market share have a negative effect on bank profitability. Originality/Value: This study reveals the …

The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the profitability of Greek banks (updating Eichengreen and Gibson (2001 … results of the econometric analysis suggest that profitability is becoming more persistent, that banks with stronger market … power earn higher profits and that the impact of size on profitability is much weaker than in the earlier period when …

bank profitability, using an empirical framework that incorporates the traditional Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP … business cycle has a positive, albeit asymmetric effect on bank profitability, being significant only in the upper phase of the …The aim of this study is to examine the effect of bank-specific, industry-specific and macroeconomic determinants of …

that important cost X-inefficiencies are in place. Some evidence is provided that bank characteristics such as bank size …

to understand the primary drivers of overall profitability for Greek banks. Using dynamic panel data techniques and a …