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What drives the profitability of banking sectors in the European Union? The machine learning approach

International Journal of Management and Economics
Volume 60 (2024): Issue 4 (December 2024)
By: Michał Bernardelli,  Zbigniew Korzeb and  Paweł Niedziółka  
Open Access
|Sep 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2024-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2543-5361 | Journal ISSN: 2299-9701
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Language: English
Page range: 272 - 284
Submitted on: Mar 17, 2024
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Accepted on: Jun 28, 2024
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Published on: Sep 20, 2024
Published by: Warsaw School of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
banking sector,
machine learning,
profitability,
random forest,
SHAP
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures,
Business management,
Management accounting, financial controlling, cost calculation, investment

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