Determinants of the Profitability in the Czech Banking Industry

The aim of this paper is to estimate the banking profitability determinants of the Czech commercial banks during the period 2004-2014. For estimation of banking profitability we used three common measures, namely the Return on Assets, Return on Equity and Net Interest Margin. We est...

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Main Author: Iveta Palečková
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Finance and Administration 2016-12-01
Series:ACTA VŠFS
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Online Access:https://is.vsfs.cz/auth/repo/5752/ACTA_VSFS_2_2016_paleckova.pdf
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description The aim of this paper is to estimate the banking profitability determinants of the Czech commercial banks during the period 2004-2014. For estimation of banking profitability we used three common measures, namely the Return on Assets, Return on Equity and Net Interest Margin. We estimated twelve determinants of banking performance. The effect of the determinants of banking profitability is estimated using panel data analysis. The data set is consists of seventeen commercial banks in the Czech Republic. The results show that the profitability was positively influenced by the bank’s size, capitalization, credit risk, level of concentration, ownership structure and bank’s market share. Number of branches of the bank had the negative impact on ROA and ROE. on the other hand, the variables Gross Domestic Product, interest rate, liquidity risk, riskiness of bank’s portfolio and affiliation with financial conglomerate have not got the significant influence on profitability of the Czech commercial banks.
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spelling doaj.art-b446a2784655457f820656859bb454912022-12-22T03:31:45ZengUniversity of Finance and AdministrationACTA VŠFS1802-792X1802-79462016-12-01102/2016142158Determinants of the Profitability in the Czech Banking IndustryIveta Palečková0Silesian University in OpavaThe aim of this paper is to estimate the banking profitability determinants of the Czech commercial banks during the period 2004-2014. For estimation of banking profitability we used three common measures, namely the Return on Assets, Return on Equity and Net Interest Margin. We estimated twelve determinants of banking performance. The effect of the determinants of banking profitability is estimated using panel data analysis. The data set is consists of seventeen commercial banks in the Czech Republic. The results show that the profitability was positively influenced by the bank’s size, capitalization, credit risk, level of concentration, ownership structure and bank’s market share. Number of branches of the bank had the negative impact on ROA and ROE. on the other hand, the variables Gross Domestic Product, interest rate, liquidity risk, riskiness of bank’s portfolio and affiliation with financial conglomerate have not got the significant influence on profitability of the Czech commercial banks.https://is.vsfs.cz/auth/repo/5752/ACTA_VSFS_2_2016_paleckova.pdfperformancereturn on assetsreturn on equitypanel data analysisbank-specific factorsmarket-specific factorsbanking sector
spellingShingle Iveta Palečková
Determinants of the Profitability in the Czech Banking Industry
ACTA VŠFS
performance
return on assets
return on equity
panel data analysis
bank-specific factors
market-specific factors
banking sector
title Determinants of the Profitability in the Czech Banking Industry
title_full Determinants of the Profitability in the Czech Banking Industry
title_fullStr Determinants of the Profitability in the Czech Banking Industry
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of the Profitability in the Czech Banking Industry
title_short Determinants of the Profitability in the Czech Banking Industry
title_sort determinants of the profitability in the czech banking industry
topic performance
return on assets
return on equity
panel data analysis
bank-specific factors
market-specific factors
banking sector
url https://is.vsfs.cz/auth/repo/5752/ACTA_VSFS_2_2016_paleckova.pdf
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