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FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROFITABILITY OF BANKS IN PAKISTAN

05 Pages : 45-59

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2021(VI-IV).05      10.31703/gmsr.2021(VI-IV).05      Published : Dec 2021

Factors Affecting the Profitability of Banks in Pakistan

    This study examines the relationship between bank-specific and external factors on the Banks’ profitability in Pakistan from the time span of 2006 to 2012. In this study, 11 variables have been selected after reviewing relevant past literature. Variables include 1 dependent variable (i.e. Profitability), and 10 independent variables, out of which 7are internal/bank-specific and 3 are external variables. Internal factors include Liquidity, deposits, bank Size, expense management, credit risk, capital, and loans whereas external factors include economic growth (GDP), Interest rate and Inflation.The experimental consequences have shown that internal/Bank specific and external factors have a strong impact on the profitability of banks in Pakistan. In model 1 Independent Variables include Deposits, expense management, credit risk, bank Size, Inflation and Gross Domestic Product has a significant impact on profitability whereas in Model 2 expense management was insignificant

    Profitability, Return on Assets, Bank Specific Factors, External Factors
    (1) Usman Anwar Chughtai
    MS Scholar, Department of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
    (2) Muhammad Abid
    Department of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Adnan Rasheed
    Department of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Chughtai, Usman Anwar, Muhammad Abid, and Adnan Rasheed. 2021. "Factors Affecting the Profitability of Banks in Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review, VI (IV): 45-59 doi: 10.31703/gmsr.2021(VI-IV).05
    HARVARD : CHUGHTAI, U. A., ABID, M. & RASHEED, A. 2021. Factors Affecting the Profitability of Banks in Pakistan. Global Management Sciences Review, VI, 45-59.
    MHRA : Chughtai, Usman Anwar, Muhammad Abid, and Adnan Rasheed. 2021. "Factors Affecting the Profitability of Banks in Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review, VI: 45-59
    MLA : Chughtai, Usman Anwar, Muhammad Abid, and Adnan Rasheed. "Factors Affecting the Profitability of Banks in Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review, VI.IV (2021): 45-59 Print.
    OXFORD : Chughtai, Usman Anwar, Abid, Muhammad, and Rasheed, Adnan (2021), "Factors Affecting the Profitability of Banks in Pakistan", Global Management Sciences Review, VI (IV), 45-59
    TURABIAN : Chughtai, Usman Anwar, Muhammad Abid, and Adnan Rasheed. "Factors Affecting the Profitability of Banks in Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review VI, no. IV (2021): 45-59. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2021(VI-IV).05