Determinants of bank profibality during the post-crisis period
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2018-08-21
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In this paper we study the determinants of bank profitability in the post-crisis period for banks located in the Euro Area. Current literature has only focused on the pre-crisis and crisis period. Bank profitability is measured by the return on assets (ROA). Our determinants include bank-specific, industry-specific and macroeconomic variables. One of these industry-specific variables is stock-exchange ownership, which has only been included by Dietrich & Wanzenried (2011) so far. In order to investigate and account for the dynamic nature of the determinants we make use of the two step system-GMM estimator developed by Arellano and Bover (1995). Our results show that profits are persistent over time to a moderate extent. These findings indicate no large deviations from a perfect competitive market structure in the Euro Area. A bank’s capitalization shows a significant positive relationship with profits, whereas exposure to credit risk seems to have a significant negative effect on profitability. None of our industry-specific and macroeconomic variables showed a significant relationship with profitability. These findings emphasize the importance of internal factors in generating profits.
Keywords: Bank profitability, Financial Crisis, Euro Area, system-GMM estimator, Stock-exchange ownership
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen