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The Determinants Of Bank Capital Structure In The World

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  • DUNG VIET TRAN

    (International School of Business, Banking University Ho Chi Minh City, 700000 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

  • M. KABIR HASSAN

    (Department of Economics and Finance, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, United States)

  • ANDREA PALTRINIERI

    (University of Udine, Via Tomadini 30/A - 33100 Udine, Italy)

  • TRUNG DUC NGUYEN

    (Banking University Ho Chi Minh City, 700000 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

Abstract

We examine the determinants of bank capital structure using a large sample of banks in the world. We find that banks determine their capital structure in much the same way as non-financial firms, except for growth opportunities. We also provide evidence that country-level factors, such as the legal system, bank-specific factors and economic conditions influence banks’ capital decisions through their impacts on bankruptcy costs, agency costs, information asymmetry and liquidity creation. The results show that, besides the direct effects, there are indirect impacts of country-level factors on the decision of bank capital. Our results have potential policy implications for the on-going regulatory reform.

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  • Dung Viet Tran & M. Kabir Hassan & Andrea Paltrinieri & Trung Duc Nguyen, 2020. "The Determinants Of Bank Capital Structure In The World," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 65(06), pages 1457-1489, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:65:y:2020:i:06:n:s0217590820500010
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590820500010
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    Cited by:

    1. Khalil Ullah Mohammad & Shin-Ichi Nishiyama, 2021. "Impact of Financial Sector Opacity on the Capital Structure Choice of Asian Banks," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 11(3), pages 219-235, March.
    2. Mohammad Nayeem Abdullah & Emon Kalyan Chowdhury & Rahat Bari Tooheen, 2022. "Determinants of capital structure in banking sector: a Bangladesh perspective," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(12), pages 1-19, December.
    3. Khalil Ullah Mohammad & Mohsin Raza Khan, 2021. "Bank Capital Structure Dynamics and Covid-19: Evidence from South Asia," iRASD Journal of Economics, International Research Alliance for Sustainable Development (iRASD), vol. 3(3), pages 293-304, December.

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