@article{MAKHILLJET20126428550, title = {The Optimal Level of Advertising and Long-Run Equilibrium Relationship Between Advertising and Profit: The Case Study of Iranian Sepah Bank}, journal = {Journal of Economics Theory}, volume = {6}, number = {4}, pages = {116-120}, year = {2012}, issn = {1994-8212}, doi = {jeth.2012.116.120}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1994-8212&doi=jeth.2012.116.120}, author = {Hamid,Nader and}, keywords = {Bank,profitability,advertising intensity,Dorfman-Steiner condition,co-integration,Iran}, abstract = {The existence of a long-run equilibrium relationship between advertising expenditures and sales revenues or profits suggests that firm’s decisions to fix advertising as a ratio of performance index (Dorfman-Steiner condition) might represent optimal behaviour. This study attempts to provide evidence for such a relationship between advertising expenditures and profit using a sample of monthly time series data in Sepah Bank over the period 2002-2008. The results show the existence of long-run equilibrium relationships between the bank profitability and advertising expenditure in the sample period. This suggests that in long-run the bank's advertising expenditure is in optimal level. The evidence also bears out the hypothesis of existence a two-way causation between advertising expenditures and profit of Sepah Bank in long-run.} }