firm age and the inflation rate have a negative but statistically insignificant effect on the profitability of banks in … firm-specific and macroeconomic determinants of profitability of commercial banks in Ethiopia. The empirical analysis is …, leverage and real GDP growth rate have a positive and statistically significant effect on the profitability of banks, while …

), inflation would not affect profit sharing and both mudarib (entrepreneur) and rabb-al-mal share real profit in agreed proportion …

) concludes that it outperforms other measures of profitability such as bottom-line net income, cash flows, and dividends. One … economic profitability. An alternative explanation lies in the measure's deflator. We find that net income equals gross profit … variable that is the product of profitability and the ratio of the market value of equity to the book value of total assets …