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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第一著者: Flamini, Valentina
その他の著者: McDonald, Calvin, Schumacher, Liliana
フォーマット: 雑誌
言語:English
出版事項: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
シリーズ:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/015
オンライン・アクセス:Full text available on IMF