The determinants of commercial bank profitability in Malaysia / Dolly Francis

This paper has been conducted to determine which factor give effect to the profitability of commercial bank in Malaysia. Seven variables used and 16 bank from commercial bank has been used to conduct this study. Annually data has been used that cover from 2008 until 2015 which consist of 128 observations. All of the data used panel data approach to achieve the objective and get the result of this study. Two factors used to identify the factor that affects the profitability of commercial banks in Malaysia. The factor is internal factor and external factor. Through this study, we can see the most factors that can give impact to commercial banks. This study prefers with the previous study and it will have the problem that can be detected. Other researcher can use this study by comparing the finding of this study. This study use the theory of relative market power (RMP) and has been rejected because this study has found that the internal factor is the factor that gives effect to the profitability of the commercial banks in Malaysia. By conducting this study, we know that there is the factor that can give effect to commercial bank.