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This article examines the relationship between bank profitability and GDP growth in China from 2003-2009. Using a sample of 101 Chinese banks, the one-step system GMM estimator finds that: 1) Cost efficiency is positively related to bank profitability, while higher taxes are negatively related. 2) There is a negative relationship between GDP growth and bank profitability. 3) Bank profitability is significantly affected by non-performing loans and banks with higher capital have lower profitability.

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Touseef

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EN