1997
DOI: 10.1080/000368497326994
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Portfolio mix and large-bank profitability in the USA

Abstract: The US banking system has just emerged from a troublesome period with many institutions struggling for survival. We examine large commercial banks during the latter part of the 1980s to determine what factors affected bank profitability, using both cross-section and pooled time-series cross-section regressions. Our conclusions are that large banks experienced poor performance because of a declining quality of the loan portfolio. Real estate loans generally have a negative effect on large bank profitability, al… Show more

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“…13 As expected, a bubble burst has a negative impact on investment bank performance due to decreased investment activity (Allen and Carletti, 2010). 14 We also find a strong negative effect of the VIX indicator on bank performance at the 1% level of significance (all Models in Table 4) in line with previous studies (Bourke 1989;Miller and Noulas, 1997).…”
Section: Impact Of the Control Variablessupporting
confidence: 78%
“…13 As expected, a bubble burst has a negative impact on investment bank performance due to decreased investment activity (Allen and Carletti, 2010). 14 We also find a strong negative effect of the VIX indicator on bank performance at the 1% level of significance (all Models in Table 4) in line with previous studies (Bourke 1989;Miller and Noulas, 1997).…”
Section: Impact Of the Control Variablessupporting
confidence: 78%
“…Chirwa (2003); Miller and Noulas (1997) found a positive relationship with profitability which indicate higher the asset management, higher will be the bank's profitability.…”
Section: Asset Managementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Following are some of the studies that have targeted to explain the profitability of banks. Miller and Noulas (1997) investigated large commercial banks' profitability in the late 1980s by using cross section and pooled time series cross section regression. The study sample covered the time period of 1985 to 1990 of total 201 banks.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, Bourke (1989), Molyneux and Thornton (1992) and Miller and Noulas (1997) found a significant negative relationship between credit risk and bank profitability. A high level of credit risk generates a poor quality of assets and therefore low profitability.…”
Section: Bank Capital and Riskmentioning
confidence: 99%