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The Effect of Bank Specific Determinants on Profitability of the Commercial Banks in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Niroshini, V.D.
dc.contributor.author Rathwatta, G.M.H.P.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-23T06:49:41Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-23T06:49:41Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Niroshini, V.D. and Rathwatta, G.M.H.P.K. (2018). The Effect of Bank Specific Determinants on Profitability of the Commercial Banks in Sri Lanka. 4th International Conference for Accounting Researchers and Educators, Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p35 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/19645
dc.description.abstract Sri Lanka, commercial banks play the important role of the operation on the economy and it provides financial infrastructure for economic development. Therefore, studying the determinants of bank profitability is vital to the economy. The study conducted to find out the effect of bank specific determinants on profitability in Commercial Banks in Sri Lanka. To test this objective, the bank Profitability was used as main dependent variable; it included Return on Equity. Moreover, Bank Specific determinants was utilized as Independent variable, it consists with Operation efficiency, Capital adequacy, Credit risk, Liquidity risk, Bank size, Bank Age and Deposit ratio. The study used the secondary data and that obtained from randomly selected ten (10) domestic commercial Banks’ annual reports for the period 2008- 2017. The descriptive analysis, Correlation analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis are used as data analysis methods. The findings revealed that Credit Risk and Liquidity Risk have significant impact on bank profitability whereas bank profitability measures in terms of Return on Equity. Furthermore, the study recommended that the banks should spend much time to maintain Credit Risk and Liquidity Risk as smoothly en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher 4th International Conference for Accounting Researchers and Educators, Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Operation Efficiency en_US
dc.subject Capital Adequacy en_US
dc.subject Credit Risk en_US
dc.subject Liquidity Risk and Return on Equity en_US
dc.title The Effect of Bank Specific Determinants on Profitability of the Commercial Banks in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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