Table 8.

Bank-specific factors and credit risk: the role of bank size

RegressorsExcluding minor banksExcluding small banksExcluding medium banksExcluding large banksExcluding major banksMinor banksSmall banks
CRt−10.7700*** (0.1050)0.7958*** (0.0295)0.7880*** (0.0279)0.7788*** (0.0253)0.7913*** (0.0284)0.7820*** (0.0256)0.6535*** (0.0834)
Δln(GRLO)t−1−0.0034 (0.0025)−0.0021*** (0.0007)−0.0023*** (0.0006)−0.0024*** (0.0007)−0.0025*** (0.0008)−0.0021*** (0.0007)−0.0026 (0.0021)
ROAt−10.0033 (0.0174)0.0031 (0.0031)0.0046 (0.0034)0.0019 (0.0031)0.0026 (0.0032)0.0057* (0.0034)0.0103 (0.0162)
ln(ETA)t−1−0.0041*** (0.0014)−0.0036*** (0.0008)−0.0040*** (0.0008)−0.0036*** (0.0008)−0.0035*** (0.0008)−0.0041*** (0.0010)−0.0053** (0.0022)
ln(LTA)t−1−0.0026 (0.0017)−0.0026* (0.0015)−0.0036*** (0.0011)−0.0043*** (0.0008)−0.0034*** (0.0010)−0.0069*** (0.0011)−0.0034** (0.0014)
ln(DL)t−10.0003 (0.0015)−0.0014 (0.0015)−0.0018 (0.0011)−0.0027*** (0.0006)−0.0017* (0.0010)−0.0053*** (0.0009)−0.0008 (0.0007)
ln(CTA)t−10.0035** (0.0017)0.0023* (0.0014)0.0039*** (0.0008)0.0034*** (0.0010)0.0034*** (0.0011)0.0051*** (0.0010)0.0038** (0.0018)
ln(TA)t−1−0.0005 (0.0010)0.0009* (0.0005)0.0004 (0.0004)0.0004 (0.0005)0.0005 (0.0005)0.0011* (0.0006)−0.0012 (0.0013)
Constant0.0162 (0.0166)0.0027 (0.0080)0.0093 (0.0061)0.0122* (0.0069)0.0072 (0.0064)0.0045 (0.0090)0.0134 (0.0164)
Observations
Period
3,437
1994–2015
11,379
1994–2015
12,892
1994–2015
13,256
1994–2015
13,360
1994–2015
10,144
1994–2015
2,202
1994–2015
R20.66490.69370.69830.72390.70040.72100.7230
Region fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Time fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Notes:

CR is the measure of bank credit risk calculated through non-performing loans to total loans; BANK-SPECIFIC is a vector of bank-specific factors, such as: GRLO: growth of loans, reflecting credit policy; ROA: return on assets, reflecting the profitability of bank; ETA: equity to total assets, capturing the solvency bank and reflecting capital strength of bank; LTA: loans to total assets, capturing the volume of credit market; DL: deposits to loans, reflecting the intermediation cost; CTA: cost of total assets, reflecting a common indicator of bank’s efficiency or volume of intermediation cost; TA: total assets, controlling for size of banks. See Table 1 for more details about the description of the variables; own calculations upon BilBank 2000 database from ABI (Associazione Bancaria Italiana); standard errors in brackets; *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01

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