Table I.

Results from other empirical studies related conventional banks’ profitability

Explanatory variablePositive relation withNegative relation withNo relation with
Capital adequacy***Abreu and Mendes (2001)N,C, Athanasoglou et al. (2008)A, **Demirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)NIM,C, ****Flamini et al. (2009)A,C, Kosmidou et al. (2005)A, N, Ben Naceur (2003)A, N , Nguyen ( 2011) E , C, Pasiouras and Kosmidou (2007)A,C, Ben Khedhiri et al. (2008)N, Ben Ameur and Mhiri (2013)A,N, Sufian (2012)A,C***Saona (2016)N,A,CBen Ameur and Mhiri (2013)E, Mungly et al. (2016)E, Sufian (2012)A,C, Yanikkaya et al. (2018)N,A,C, Yüksel et al. (2018)C,E
DepositChirwa (2003)A, E, Saona (2016)N,C, Menicucci and Paolucci (2016)C,EDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)A, C, Akbaş (2012)A, Tariq et al. (2014)EDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)N, C, Soyemi et al. (2013)N, Tariq et al. (2014)N
LoansDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)N, C, Kosmidou et al. (2005)A, Mamatzakis and Remoundos (2003)A, E ,C, Ben Naceur (2003)N, Heffernan and Fu (2008)A,N, Sufian (2012)A, Menicucci and Paolucci (2016)C,EDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)A, C, Kosmidou et al. (2005)N, Heffernan and Fu (2008)E, ***Rekik and Kalai (2018)C,A,EAthanasoglou et al. (2006)A, E, Yanikkaya et al. (2018)N,A,C
Nontraditional activities/OBS activityDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)A, C, Nguyen (2011)N, C, Valverde and Fernández (2007)N,C, Sufian (2012)A,C, vithyea (2014)N, Petria et al. (2015)C,A,EDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)N, C, Chen and Liao (2011)A , E, N , C, Heffernan and Fu (2008)N, Rahman et al. (2015)A,N, ***Wahidudin et al. (2012)A,E,PBT, C, Saona (2016)N,CHeffernan and Fu (2008)A , E, Islam and Nishiyama (2016)C, A,E
OverheadDietrich et al. (2015)N,CMamatzakis and Remoundos (2003)A, E, Kosmidou et al. (2005)A, N, Pasiouras and Kosmidou (2007)A, C, Ben Khedhiri et al. (2008)N, Athanasoglou, Delis and Staikouras (2006)A , E, C, ***Sufian (2012)A 
Foreign OwnershipDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)N, C, Athanasoglou et al. (2006)A, E,C, Yanikkaya et al. (2018)N,A,CMungly et al. (2016)EMungly et al. (2016)A
GDP growthAl-Bertazzi and Gambacorta (2009)N, Claeys and Vennet (2008)N,C, Mungly et al. (2016)E, Sufian (2012)A, Saona (2016)C, NDietrich et al. (2015)N,C, Demirgüç-Kunt et al. (2004)N,C, Gelos (2009)N,C, Huseynov (2009)N, Ben Ameur and Mhiri (2013)E, N, Ben Naceur and Omran (2011)A, Yanikkaya et al. (2018)N,A,CBen Khedhiri et al. (2008)N, ***Ben Ameur and Mhiri (2013)A, Mungly et al. (2016)A, Ben Naceur and Omran (2011)N, ***Yüksel et al. (2018)C,E
GDPPCBogdan and Roman (2015)A, EDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)N,C, Ben Naceur and Omran (2011)NAthanasoglou et al. (2006)A, E, C, Flamini et al. (2009)A,C, Ben Naceur and Omran (2011)A, C
RIAlper and Anbar (2011)E, Chen and Liao (2011)A , E, N , C, Demirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)N,C, Gelos (2009)N,C, Maudos and Fernandez de Guevara (2004)N,C, Aburime (2008) A,PBTNoman et al. (2015)A,N, Staikouras and Wood (2003)A, C, Islam and Nishiyama (2016)C, AYüksel et al. (2018)C,E
OILEssayyad and Madani (2003)(PBT, before tax profit/equity), Yanikkaya et al. (2018)C,AHuseynov (2009)N 
Deposit insuranceBouheni et al. (2014) A,CDavis and Obasi (2009)A,C, Demirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)NDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)PBT, C
Explicit taxDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)PBT, N, C, Demirgüç-Kunt and Huizinga (2000)PBT,N, C, Chiorazzo and Milani (2011)PBT,CAburime (2008) AAburime (2008)PBT, Wahidudin et al. (2012)A,E,PBT, C
Implicit taxBen Khedhiri et al. (2008)N, Saona (2016)N,ACDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)PBT, N, C 
Banking sector development (industry size)****Ghosh (2016)A,CGhosh (2016)N, C, Demirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)PTB,N,C, Yao et al. (2018)A,E,N 
Market capitalizationDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)N, C, Demirgüç-Kunt and Huizinga (2008) PBT,N,CBorroni et al. (2016)A,E, CDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)PBT, C, Aburime (2008)A, PBT, Borroni et al. (2016)N, C
SizeDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)N,C, Athanasoglou, Delis and Staikouras (2006)A, C, Saona (2016)N,CBen Ameur and Mhiri (2013)A, N, Mungly et al. (2016)EDemirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)A,C, Ben Ameur and Mhiri (2013)A, E, Wahidudin et al. (2012)A,E,PBT, C, Yanikkaya et al. (2018)N,A,C, Islam and Nishiyama (2016)C, A,E
ConcentrationAthanasoglou et al. (2006)A, C, Dietrich et al. (2015)N,C, Demirgüc-Kunt and Huizinga (1999)PBT, N, C, Saona (2016)N,A,CBen Ameur and Mhiri (2013)A, N, Ben Naceur and Omran (2011)ABen Ameur and Mhiri (2013) E, Ben Naceur and Omran (2011)N, Korytowski (2018)C,A,E, Petria et al. (2015)C, A,E

Notes:

The letter after year means the dependent variable. (N = NIM, A = ROA, E = ROE, PBT = profit before tax to total asset and C = Cross-country); *Table adapted from Chen and Liao (2011); **profit before tax/total assets; ***results for developing countries; ****the study conducted on low-income countries

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