An examination of the determinants of commercial banks’ profitability before and during the financial crisis: Empirical evidence from Western European countries.

This paper analyses empirically the profitability of 304 commercial banks in Western Europe for the period of 2005-2011. In order to take into account the effects of the recent financial crisis, the sample is divided in pre-crisis period and crisis period. Fixed effect model has been constructed, an...

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Main Author: Panayiotou, Eleni
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26157/