scholarly journals Bank Competition in India: Some New Evidence Using Risk-Adjusted Lerner Index Approach

Risks ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arrawatia ◽  
Misra ◽  
Dawar ◽  
Maitra
Keyword(s):  
Market Power ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Bank Competition ◽  
Competitive Condition ◽  
Lerner Index ◽  
Index Approach ◽  
New Evidence

Banks in India have been gone through structural changes in the last three decades. The prices that bank charge depend on the competitive levels in the banking sector and the risk the assets and liabilities carry in banks’ balance sheet. The traditional Lerner Index indicates competitive levels. However, this measure does not account for the risk, and this study introduces a risk-adjusted Lerner Index for evaluating competition in Indian banking for the period 1996 to 2016. The market power estimated through the adjusted Lerner Index has been declining since 1996, which indicates an improvement in competitive condition for the overall period. Further, as indicated by risk-adjusted Lerner Index, the Indian banking system exerts much less market power and hence are more competitive contrary to what is suggested by traditional Lerner index.

Bank Capital Requirements after the Financial Crisis

2019 ◽  
pp. 706-735
Author(s):  
Mark E. Van Der Weide ◽  
Jeffrey Y. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Capital Requirements ◽  
Bank Capital ◽  
Regulatory Capital ◽  
Stress Tests ◽  
Global Banking

Regulators responded with an array of strategies to shore up weaknesses exposed by the 2008 financial crisis. This chapter focuses on reforms to bank capital regulation. We first discuss the ways in which the post-crisis Basel III reforms recalibrated the existing framework by improving the quality of capital, increasing the quantity of capital, and improving the calculation of risk weights. We then shift to the major structural changes in the regulatory capital framework—capital buffers on top of the minimum requirements; a leverage ratio that explicitly accounts for off-balance-sheet exposures; risk-based and leverage capital surcharges on the largest banks; bail-in debt to facilitate orderly resolution; and forward-looking stress tests. We conclude with a quantitative assessment of the evolution of capital in the global banking system and in the US banking sector.

scholarly journals Evaluating Market Power in the Zimbabwean Banking Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-291
Author(s):  
Sanderson Abel ◽  
Pierre Le Roux
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Market Power ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Capital Adequacy ◽  
Lerner Index ◽  
Index Approach ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Government ◽  
Risk Cost

The study evaluates the nature of market structure, and the degree and determinants of market power in the Zimbabwean banking sector during the period 2009-2014. The study employs the Lerner Index approach method to assess the market power of banks. The Lerner Index approach assists in measuring the extent to which a bank has market power to set its price above marginal cost. The study results established that the banking sector operates under monopolistic competition, confirming that banks possess some market power in pricing their products. This is a result of the nature of products sold by the banking sector, which are differentiated but close substitutes. The study found that the market power of banks increased during the period and was derailed by the memorandum of association which was signed between banks and the central bank. The study established that market power is determined by capital adequacy, non-performing loans, liquidity risk, cost income ratio, economic growth, and regulatory interventions. The study recommends that the government should ensure that it puts in place measures that enhance economic growth and should desist from interfering with the operations of market forces.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE BANKING SYSTEM OF UKRAINE IN CONDITIONS FINANCIAL INSTABILITY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Danik ◽  
Kateryna Novak ◽  
Anastasiia Yakovenko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Financial Instability ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
The Impact

The article covers the problems of the functioning of the banking sector of Ukraine during 2018-2021, as one of the main sectors of the financial market and the national economy as a whole. When analyzing the state of the banking sector, regularities and general trends in the functioning of the banking sector of Ukraine have been established, and appropriate calculations have been made. The impact of global financial crises on the activities of banking structures, which must operate in conditions of constant financial instability, is described. Today, the whole world, including Ukraine, is on the verge of a global financial and economic crisis. This raises the question of whether Ukrainian banks have the necessary margin of resilience to vulnerabilities to the financial and economic crisis. In recent years, the functioning and development of the banking system has been characterized by increased financial stability, the level of bank capitalization, liquidity, some improvement in asset quality, reducing risks in banking, as well as the presence of positive structural changes. Today, Ukraine's banking system operates in a complex socio-economic and legal environment, most of which - macroeconomic instability, irrational structure of the industrial complex, the crisis of science and technology, imperfect fiscal and monetary policy, low level of effective demand - complicate sustainable development banking sector and increase competitiveness. In conditions of instability, intensification of turbulent processes, the development of the banking system requires new innovative approaches to determining the mechanisms of effective functioning and stable development based on a system-synergetic approach, which led to the choice and relevance of the chosen topic of this scientific article. Efficiency of banks is a multicomponent, multifaceted, multidimensional system characteristic that depends on many factors and is an effective indicator of performance of functions and achievement of goals and objectives of banks development provided financial stability based on financial stability and dynamic balance, achievement of multiplicative and synergistic effects.

scholarly journals Does Market Power Affect Banking Dividend Policy? Evidence from Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-306
Author(s):  
Sahadev Bhatt
Keyword(s):  
Market Power ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Commercial Banking ◽  
Agency Conflicts ◽  
Dividend Payment ◽  
Lerner Index ◽  
Asset Growth ◽  
Structural Measure

We attempt to explain how market power impacts bank dividend payment behaviors in Nepal by taking the sample from the commercial banking sector employing a panel data regression model. Using the Lerner Index (LI), a non-structural measure of market power or lack of competition, we found that market power inversely but statistically insignificantly affect dividend payment. This finding leads us to conclude that market power-a proxy of more or less competition is not an important and influencing factor to the dividend decisions in commercial banking sectors signifying that competition does not seem helpful in mitigating agency conflicts. It is also concluded that banking dividend payouts are not the result of the punitive influence of product market antagonism. Further, among other firm-specific determinants, bank size and leverage significantly positively whereas asset growth significantly negatively affect the dividend decision. However, profitability is found insignificant determinant of dividend payment. The paper enriches and contributes to the literature on banking dividend payout and helps to identify the key factors that affect banking dividend decision-making.  Keywords : Banks, Market competition, Market power, Lerner Index, Nepal

scholarly journals Bank Competition, Efficiency, and Stability in Macau

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Harry Xia ◽  
Kevin Lei ◽  
Jiaochen Liang
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Bank Loans ◽  
Bank Competition ◽  
Income Volatility ◽  
Bank Efficiency ◽  
Insolvency Risk ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Macau has the uppermost population density and the fourth-highest GDP per capita in the world. Macau’s banking system is regarded as one of the most important indicators of Macau’s macroeconomic growth and stability during its transformation into a wealthy and modern metropolis. In this study, we use a sample of 26 banks to explore the relationship of bank competition, efficiency and stability in Macau from its return to China in 1999 to 2016. Our results demonstrate that bank competition does cause efficiency in Macau throughout the study period. We also find indications of a positive but not significant connection between bank market power and bank fragility including income volatility and insolvency risk. Moreover, this study finds no evidence that the size of operations proxied by total bank loans and total assets would impact bank efficiency, indicating that economies of scale or bank market share don’t necessarily bring about efficiency in Macau. Our evidence contributes to the literature by being the first to thoroughly examine the relation of bank competition, efficiency and stability in Macau. The findings provide meaningful implications to the practitioners and policymakers to make sound decisions accordingly, especially to closely monitor and maintain a proper level of competition in Macau’s banking sector.

scholarly journals Navigating the financial crisis in Helvetic Waters: An analysis of the banking sector (2007-09)

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-78
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Paulet ◽  
Francesc Relano
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Characteristic Structure ◽  
International Banks ◽  
Business Approach ◽  
Domestic Banks

As has been argued throughout this paper, the different way in which banks have been affected by the crisis is closely linked to their distinct business model. Consequently, the characteristic structure of the balance sheet in big banks and ethical banks is correlated with their divergent dynamic during the crisis. While the financial turmoil has left the business approach of ethical banks unchanged, as evidenced in the striking stability of their balance sheet from 2007 to 2009, the pattern shown by big banks has substantially changed over this same period. These developments would tend to suggest the need to reform the business model of big banks. There is no clear empirical evidence that a banking system with a large number of small institutions would be any more stable than the system as it currently stands. Besides, financing certain big projects would always require the existence of large international banks. Both types of financial institutions are in fact complementary. How to regulate the banking and financial sector is thus a complex and multifaceted issue. One cannot impose the same requirements on big international-oriented banks and small domestic banks. As this paper has tried to demonstrate, both have a distinct business model.

scholarly journals BANKS OF THE CASPIAN REGION COUNTRIES IN THE BANKING SYSTEM OF RUSSIA: CURRENT TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-28
Author(s):  
Olga Viktorovna Bogacheva ◽  
Oleg Alekseevich Lepekhin
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Operating Efficiency ◽  
Caspian Region ◽  
Banking Systems ◽  
Internalization Process ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Credit Institutions

The mutual penetration of capital from one country into another has become a characteristic feature of the world financial system. This is largely due to the current globalization processes in the global economy, the continuous development of banking technologies, the need to maintain foreign economic activity of business entities and the rationale for expanding the scales of business activity as a tool to increase operating efficiency. The purpose of the article is to study the current internalization process in the banking systems of the Caspian region countries in terms of the penetration of the banks from the Caspian region countries into the Russian banking sector. Methodology. We have identified the sample of the Russian credit institutions fully controlled by the shareholders from the Caspian region states. Using the data, presented in turnover balance reports (Form 101), we have calculated key performance indicators in 2015–2018. We used the Bank of Russia’s practice to estimate the aggregate balance sheet of the 30 largest credit institutions as the basis for our algorithm. We have analyzed tendencies in funding base, structure of assets and operating efficiency. Results. The analysis of the financial statements shows that within the chosen business model, the banks of the sample are more likely to focus on international financial settlements, servicing foreign trade transactions, than on traditional types of banking business such as lending to non-financial enterprises and individuals. Their performance is significantly lower than the industry benchmarks, which so far does not allow us to expect an increase in their scale of presence in the Russian market in the near future. Practical implications. The analysis of current processes in the field of internationalization of banking systems can be used to assess the financial and economic integration of the countries of the Caspian countries and to develop corrective measures aimed at its further development and deepening.

State and tendencies of development of the banking system in the context of structural reform of the national economy of Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 84-98
Author(s):  
Marta Barna ◽  
Nadiya Ruschyshyn
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Bank Lending ◽  
The State ◽  
Structural Reform ◽  
Bank Capital ◽  
Stage Of Development

The relevance of the study lies in the fact that the fulfilment of the potential of the banking system is capable of providing positive structural changes in the economy of Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to analyse the state and trends of the banking system of Ukraine in the focus of its impact on the structural reform of the national economy. The study used methods of statistical analysis (to analyse the state and dynamics of the banking system) and the analogue method (to identify the extent of the development of the banking system on structural changes in the economy). It was substantiated that the effective functioning of the banking system is key to successful economic development of the national economy, in particular its reform. It is proved that a mechanism of redistribution of financial resources and money acts through the banking system; therefore, they are mobilised and involved in economic circulation in those sectors of the economy that need it most. The state and trends of development of the banking system as preconditions of fulfilment of its potential in structural reform of national economy are generalised. As a result of the analysis of the state and trends of the banking system, both their positive and negative features were identified. It is proved that in Ukraine, at the present stage of development of the national economy, the banking system has been cleared of low-liquid and conditionally fictitious banking structures, the volumes of assets, in particular highly liquid ones, are growing, and the loan portfolio of banks is improving, their financial results, liquidity and solvency, resistance to currency shocks, bank lending to the economy increase. The study also demonstrated that the country's banking system is described by a number of systemic shortcomings, especially the high level of concentration of bank capital and deposits in the largest banks, as well as state banks in a number of segments of the banking sector by number of departments, ATMs, terminals, active payment cards. There is a trend to weaken the penetration of the banking sector into the economy, especially in terms of affordable lending to individuals and strategic sectors of the economy. The practical value of the study lies in the fact that based on the identified shortcomings of the banking system and its impact on structural reforms, strategic lines of work for improving government regulation in this area have been identified

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Approach for Calculating Banking Sector Risks

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Carmelo Salleo ◽  
Alberto Grassi ◽  
Constantinos Kyriakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Contingent Claims ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Real Economy ◽  
Claims Analysis ◽  
Contingent Claims Analysis ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Risk Metric

We propose a comprehensive approach for the analysis of real economy and government sector risk transmission to the banking system and apply it in ten Euro-Area countries from 2005 to 2017. A flexible methodology is developed to model banks’ assets according to the risk-adjusted balance sheet of the counterparts. The use of distance to distress as a popular risk metric shows that Contingent Claims Analysis underestimates banks risk in stable periods and overstates it during crisis. Furthermore, the approach succeeds in detecting spillovers from households, non-financial corporations and sovereign sectors: for the countries examined the main source of instability comes from the Non-Financial Corporation sector and its increased assets volatility.

scholarly journals Bank Liquidity Hoarding Strategies in Uncertain Times: New Evidence from an Emerging Market with Bank-level Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-398
Author(s):  
Van Dan Dang ◽  
Hoang Chung Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Balance Sheet Liquidity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Multiple Robustness ◽  
Estimate Uncertainty

The paper explores the impact of uncertainty on bank liquidity hoarding, particularly providing new insights on the nature of the impact by bank-level heterogeneity. We consider the cross-sectional dispersion of shocks to key bank variables to estimate uncertainty in the banking sector and include all banking items to construct a comprehensive measure of bank liquidity hoarding. Using a sample of Vietnamese banks during 2007–2019, we document that banks tend to increase total liquidity hoarding in response to higher uncertainty; this pattern is still valid for on- and off-balance sheet liquidity hoarding. Further analysis with bank-level heterogeneity indicates that the impact of banking uncertainty on liquidity hoarding is significantly stronger for weaker banks, i. e., banks that are smaller, more poorly capitalized, and riskier. In testing the “search for yield” hypothesis to explain the linkage between uncertainty and bank liquidity hoarding, we do not find it to be the case. Our findings remain extremely robust after multiple robustness tests.

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