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Achieving Financial Sustainability through Revenue Diversification: A Green Pathway for Financial Institutions in Asia

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  • Zhikang Xie

    (School of Public Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China)

  • Xinglin Liu

    (School of Public Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China)

  • Hina Najam

    (Department of Business Administration, Iqra University, Islamabad 44090, Pakistan)

  • Qinghua Fu

    (Department of Business Administration, Moutai Institute, Renhuai 564507, China)

  • Jawad Abbas

    (Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan)

  • Ubaldo Comite

    (Department of Business Sciences, University Giustino Fortunato, 82100 Benevento, Italy)

  • Laura Mariana Cismas

    (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania)

  • Andra Miculescu

    (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania)

Abstract

Establishing balanced and sustainable development is critical for improving banks’ capability and performance. Financial development has enormous significance in an environment of increasingly contestable international markets, and can be achieved by enhancing banking efficiency and performance. The bank efficiency is estimated through data envelopment analysis (DEA). By applying the quantile regression technique, this research examines the impact of revenue diversification (RD) on the bank efficiency (BE) of seven Asian emerging economies over 2008–2019. In this regard, non-performing loans (NPLs), non-interest income, capitalization, and gross domestic product (GDP) are taken as control variables. The empirical findings indicate that RD, market capitalization, non-interest income, and GDP have a significant positive impact on BE, whereas NPLs have a significant negative relationship with BE. These results have significant strategic implications for managers, regulators, and policymakers, who share a common interest in boosting financial sustainability and performance.

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  • Zhikang Xie & Xinglin Liu & Hina Najam & Qinghua Fu & Jawad Abbas & Ubaldo Comite & Laura Mariana Cismas & Andra Miculescu, 2022. "Achieving Financial Sustainability through Revenue Diversification: A Green Pathway for Financial Institutions in Asia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-16, March.
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