Data for this dissertation was obtained from financial statements in BankScope. In this study, there are two types of banking which have been chosen to be exam in the Middle East countries: Islamic and Conventional banks. The study of profitability compares 63 Islamic banks to 180 conventional banks. The collected data examines profitability between 2002 and 2008. There are nine variables used in the regression. These variables are: Net Interest Margin (NIM), Return on Asset (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), Total Equity to Total Assets (TEq/TA), Liquid Assets to Cust & ST Funding (LA/C&STF), Total Loans to Total Asset (TL/TA), Deposit to Total asset (D/TA), Loan Loss Provisions to Total Assets (LLP/TA) and Total Expense to Total Asset (TE/TA).

The variables will be explained in further detail in the next section.

In this section will be introduce and explain the variables which have included in the regression analysis. There are in total nine variables: three dependent variables and six independent variables. The three performance indicators – NIM, ROA and ROE – provide as dependent variables. The other internal bank characteristics – Total Equity to Total Assets, Liquid Assets to Cust & ST Funding, Total Loans to Total Asset, Deposit to Total Asset, Loan Loss Provisions to Total Assets and Total Expense to Total Asset- provide as explanatory variables.

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