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Political patronage in Ukranian banking

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Christopher F. Baum () (Boston College, DIW Berlin)
Mustafa Caglayan (University of Sheffield)
Dorothea Schäfer () (DIW Berlin)
Oleksandr Talavera () (DIW Berlin)

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This paper empirically investigates the link between political patronage and bank performance for Ukraine during 2003Q3-2005Q2. We find significant differences between politically affiliated and non-affiliated banks. The data suggest that affiliated banks have significantly lower interest margins. The gap between affiliated banks' and non-affiliated banks' capitalization ratios, is narrowing over time. Parliamentary deputies might use financial institutions to achieve political goals which reduces their banks' performance.

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Paper provided by Boston College Department of Economics in its series Boston College Working Papers in Economics with number 657.

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Length: 19 pages
Date of creation: 14 Feb 2007
Date of revision: 13 Feb 2008
Publication status: published, Economics of Transition, 16(3), 2008, 537-557; earlier version published (in German) as "Ukrainische Banken: Politische Patronage von Bedeutung", Wochenbericht Nr. 23/2007, DIW Berlin, pp. 367-371.
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Keywords: Political patronage; Ukraine; banking;

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