Bora AktanOmar MasoodGuluzar Kurt-GumuşBora BodurKurt-Gumus, GuluzarBodur, BoraAktan, BoraMasood, Omar2025-10-062011199367881993-67882-s2.0-84930491529https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84930491529&partnerID=40&md5=b5251e6bd942fc005aa63a839b74fed2https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/10246This study gives the analysis of the determinants of banks' profitability in China over the period of 2003-2007 by investigating the cointegration and the causal relationship between total assets (TA) and total equity (TE) of Chinese banks. The analysis employs Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test Johansen cointegration test and Granger causality test on Chinese banking sector over the study period in order to examine the relationship between these 2 variables. The empirical results have found strong evidence that the variables are cointegrated. © Bora Aktan Omar Masood Guluzar Kurt-Gumus Bora Bodur 2011. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBank Profitability, Banking, Cointegration, Total Assets, Total EquityBank ProfitabilityTotal AssetsTotal EquityCointegrationBankingArticle