“…Next consider ROA, which Brimmer (), Demaria (), and Charles‐Cadogan () suggest will be negatively correlated with NPA, so low among the MOBs as a cost of altruism or location, rather than signalling poor management. As with NPA, the connection between MOB status, location, and ROA during an earlier period (2003–2005) is tested using regression analysis, then the earlier variable is included to ascertain whether it soaks up some of the explanatory power in a failure regression.…”