Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

An empirical study on the determinant factors of Ethiopian commercial banks profitability

Dr. Pentela Fareed Mastan

Abstract :

 This study is focused on examining the impact of bank–specific, industry– specific and macroeconomic determinants of 

Ethiopian commercial banks profitability with balanced panel data of seven Ethiopian commercial banks that covers 
the period 2001– 2010. The paper used Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique to investigate the impact of capital, size, 
loan, deposits, noninterest income, noninterest expense, credit risk, market concentration, economic growth, inflation and saving interest rate 
on major profitability indicator i.e., return on asset (ROA). The estimation results show that all bank–specific determinants, with the exception 
of saving deposit, significantly affect commercial banks profitability in Ethiopia. Market concentration is also a significant determining 
factor of profitability. Finally, concerning to macroeconomic variables, only economic growth exhibits a significant relationship with banks’ 
profitability. The results are useful to both academics and policy makers

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Article: Download PDF    DOI : https://www.doi.org/10.36106/gjra  

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Dr.Pentela Fareed Mastan An empirical study on the determinant factors of Ethiopian commercial banks profitability Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 4, Issue: 4 April 2015


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