MENA banks' stability and profitability are affected by market power and market concentration. Additionally, it … of institutional variables play a major role in explaining bank performance and stability. Furthermore, banks operating … and profitability would be safeguarded if those banks with higher market power operate in better environments with high …

MENA banks. Cost efficiency and bank size have decreased profitability of banks, and banks with foreign ownership are more … profitability for commercial banks operating in the MENA economies over the period 1999-2012. This paper uses panel analysis via GMM …; highlighting that increased market power yields monopoly profits. The fact that the impact of market concentration is positive in …

: the net interest margin and the risk provision ratio. Operating Expenses are positively associated with bank profitability … in the MENA region while the financial leverage is negatively associated with bank profitability. In the EU region both … Bank Equity and the ratio of liabilities to assets are negatively associated with profitability. In the EU region, GDP …

This paper investigates whether the determinants of commercial bank profitability differ in oil and non-oil countries … profitability. In addition, the global financial crisis has significantly affected profitability in oil countries. Several policy … implications are provided to the bank management to follow based on each country group …

(MENA) region, as well as the main determinants of the profitability of both domestic and foreign banks. The empirical … profitability, size does not appear to play a role, whilst the liquidity ratio and net interest revenues seem to have a negative and …

(MENA) region, as well as the main determinants of the profitability of both domestic and foreign banks. The empirical … profitability, size does not appear to play a role, whilst the liquidity ratio and net interest revenues seem to have a negative and …

market-to-book ratio. Further, several control variables were utilized such as the bank's capital adequacy, profitability …, board independence, number of board meetings, and CEO duality with stock performance measured by the bank's share price and …, and size. The empirical findings reveal that board independence positively affects the bank stock performance while the …

concentration tends to lower domestic credit growth and nonperforming loans. We find no impact on bank profitability for the region. …Cross-border bank positions in Asia and the Pacific remain highly concentrated to few counterparties, exposing the … financial stability. To this end, we construct cross-border bank concentration measures for 47 economies in Asia and the Pacific …

regressions. Among the bank-specific variables, capital ratio and credit risk have significant impact on bank profitability. While … bank profitability positively. Two financial sector development variables are used as explanatory variables in the panel … regressions. While spread of banking activity has no impact on bank profitability, stock market capitalization as ratio of GDP has …

analyzes how bank-specific characteristics, macroeconomic variables, and industry-specific factors affect the profitability of … income levels, we show that the determinants of bank profitability included in our model can explain existing profitability … important impact on the determinants of bank profitability …