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Bank funding diversity, risk and profitability: Evidence from Vietnam in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

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  • Manh Hung Pham
  • Nhat Minh Nguyen

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This study empirically explores the effects of bank funding diversity on Vietnamese commercial banks’ profitability and risk in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel regression method was used to analyze quarterly data from 27 Vietnamese commercial banks from Q1-2016 to Q1-2021. The study findings demonstrate that commercial banks with diverse financing sources are more profitable and riskier. In the meanwhile, the COVID-19 outbreak did not diminish the short-term profitability of Vietnamese commercial banks, but it did increase their exposure to risk. On the basis of the empirical findings, this paper also proposes a number of strategies to assist Vietnamese commercial banks in operating more effectively and securely in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Manh Hung Pham & Nhat Minh Nguyen, 2023. "Bank funding diversity, risk and profitability: Evidence from Vietnam in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(1), pages 2191305-219, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oabmxx:v:10:y:2023:i:1:p:2191305
    DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2023.2191305
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