Determinants of bank profitability: A comparative study of East Asia and Latin America

This paper identifies the determinants of profitability using an unbalanced panel of 78 East Asian and 89 Latin American banks for the period 2003-2014. We regress profitability against bank-specific variables (capital adequacy, cost-income ratio, liquidity ratio, loan loss reserve ratio, and bank s...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, R., Koh, E.H.Y., Shaharuddin, S.S.
Format: Article
Published: Inderscience 2016
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