The determinants of commercial bank profitability in Sub-Saharan Africa

The determinants of commercial bank profitability in Sub-Saharan Africa / prepared by Valentina Flamini, Calvin McDonald, and Liliana Schumacher.

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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Main Authors: Flamini, Valentina (Author), McDonald, Calvin A. (Author), Schumacher, Liliana (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. African Department
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/09/15.
Subjects:
Banks and banking > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Banks and banking
Sub-Saharan Africa
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