Market structure, institutional quality and bank capital ratios: evidence from developing countries

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dc.contributor.authorEtudaiye-Muhtar, Oyebola Fatima
dc.contributor.authorAbdul-Baki, Zayad
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-06T07:58:30Z
dc.date.available2023-02-06T07:58:30Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the role of market structure and institutional quality in determining bank capital ratios in developing economies. The generalized methods of moment technique is used to control for auto-correlation and endogeneity in a sample of 79 publicly listed commercial banks. The study period is between 2000 and 2016. Results show that market structure (proxied with bank competition) as well as institutional quality (regulatory quality) lowers bank capital in the sampled banks. This suggests that banks operating in less competitive markets with good regulatory quality do not need to engage in excessive risk-taking activities that would necessitate holding increased level of capital. Furthermore, the interaction of competition and regulatory quality reinforces the main findings, suggesting the importance of the two variables in determining bank capital ratio. Research has limitation in that the study investigated publicly listed commercial banks, the findings may not be applicable to non-listed banks. Taking into cognizance the developing nature of the banking system in Africa, the findings from this study imply that the maintenance of an improved regulatory quality in an environment where healthy competition exists would encourage banks to hold capital ratios appropriate for their level of banking activities, that is, the banks would not engage in excessive risk-taking activities.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/8459
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEmerald Publishing Limiteden_US
dc.subjectBank capital, Competition, Concentration, Endogeneity, Regulatory quality, Africaen_US
dc.titleMarket structure, institutional quality and bank capital ratios: evidence from developing countriesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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