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标题：DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS OF BANK PROFITABILITY LEVELS
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作者：Rozga, Ante ; Kundid, Ana
期刊名称：Croatian Operational Research Review
印刷版ISSN：1848-0225
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：153-163
出版社：Croatian Operational Research Society
摘要：Discriminant analysis has been employed in this paper in order to identify and explain key features of bank profitability levels. Bank profitability is set up in the form of two categorical variables: profit or loss recorded and above or below average return on equity. Predictor variables are selected from various groups of financial indicators usually included in the empirical work on microeconomic determinants of bank profitability. The data from the Croatian banking sector is analyzed using the Enter method. General recommendations for a more profitable business of banking found in the bank management literature and existing empirical framework such as rationalization of overhead costs, asset growth, increase of non-interest income by expanding scale and scope of financial products proved to be important for classification of banks in different profitability levels. A higher market share may bring additional advantages. Classification results, canonical correlation and Wilks’ Lambda test confirm statistical significance of research results. Altogether, discriminant analysis turns out to be a suitable statistical method for solving presented research problem and moving forward from the bankruptcy, credit rating or default issues in finance.
关键词：Discriminant analysis; Bank profitability; Croatia