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This study has been initiated to achieve the objective that is; “to evaluate the impact of CAMELS Ratio on performance of banking sector in terms of Efficiency by using regression model”. CAMELS ratio has been used because it is internationally accepted bank performance measuring tool that evaluates the overall financial health of banks by identifying financial, managerial and operational strength and weaknesses of the bank. ‘CAMELS’ is an abbreviation of; Capital, Assets, Management, Earning, Liquidity and Sensitivity to market risk. We have evaluated the performance of the 15 banks which are listed at Karachi Stock Exchange for data between 200-2012. Both Fixed and random effects models were estimated. Empirical results of study CAMELS evaluation and analyses results for the Pakistani sample banks revealed that almost all large banks are placed at the top that shows better performance and efficiency in the banking industry as compared to the small banks that were lagging behind. The results of the Generalized Least Square (GLS) method based on CAMELS ratios has shown that asset quality, Earning and liquidity have significant predictability.

Sheeba Zafar, Sajjad Ahmad Afridi, Saima Urooge. (2017) An Empirical Investigation of Banking Sector Performance of Pakistan by Using CAMELS Ratio of Framework, Journal of Managerial Sciences, Volume 11, Issue 3.
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