TY  - JOUR
TT  - Determinants of Banking Sector Profitability in Zimbabwe
AU  - Abel, Sanderson
AU  - Roux, Pierre Le
PY  - 2016
DA  - May
JF  - International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
JO  - IJEFI
PB  - İlhan ÖZTÜRK
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-4138
SP  - 845
EP  - 854
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
KW  - Banking Profitability
KW  - External Determinants
KW  - Internal Determinants
KW  - Fixed Effects
KW  - Generalized Methods of Moments
N2  - The study sought to establish the determinants of banking sector profitability in Zimbabwe during the period 2009-2014. The study specifically looked at the evolution and determinants of banking sector profitability after Zimbabwe adopted a multicurrency system. Employing the fixed effects panel regression models the study shows that banking sector profitability in Zimbabwe is driven by the quality of decisions made by bank management with regard to liquidity risk, credit risk, asset composition and management, expense management and capital size. The results implies that profitability of the Zimbabwean banking sector can be improved by increasing the quality of the assets, improving expense management, improving liquidity and capital levels. The study confirms that bank managers have a significant role in shaping the profitability of the sector.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ijefi/article/353745
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/364796
ER  -