The Determinants of Commercial Bank Profitability in Sub-Saharan Africa /

Bank profits are high in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) compared to other regions. This paper uses a sample of 389 banks in 41 SSA countries to study the determinants of bank profitability. We find that apart from credit risk, higher returns on assets are associated with larger bank size, activity diversi...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Flamini, Valentina
مؤلفون آخرون: McDonald, Calvin, Schumacher, Liliana
التنسيق: دورية
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
سلاسل:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/015
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Full text available on IMF