Determinants of financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-252

  Ongore, Vincent Okoth ^a   Kusa, Gemechu Berhanu ^b  

^a Kenya Revenue Authority   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bank specific factors; Financial performance; Macroeconomic variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979796777     PISSN: 21464138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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