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Author: | Naaborg, I. Lensink, R. |
Title: | Banking in transition economies: does foreign ownership enhance profitability? |
Journal: | European Journal of Finance
2008 : OCT-DEC, VOL. 14:7-8, p. 545-562 |
Index terms: | banking profitability central Europe eastern Europe Asia |
Freeterms: | foreign ownership transition countries GDP dummy variable |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The article expounds the relationship between foreign ownership and bank performance. In the analyzes a continuous foreign ownership variable is applied. It is finds the following results: i. a negative relationship is found between foreign ownership and banks' interest revenues and profitability by using a foreign ownership dummy variable. ii. independent of countries' GDP per capita and concentration in the banking sector. |
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