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Central banks' supervisory guidance on corporate governance and bank stability: Evidence from African countries

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  • Mutarindwa, Samuel
  • Schäfer, Dorothea
  • Stephan, Andreas

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This paper focuses on the identification of the causal relationship between central banks' supervisory guidance and individual bank stability. We propose and test the hypothesis that this causal relationship is mediated by the degree to which banks comply with their central bank's corporate governance recommendations. Specifically, we exploit the fact that there is considerable cross-country heterogeneity in providing supervisory guidance. Our recursive two-equation system is equivalent to an endogenous treatment effect model in which the treatment is the provision of supervisory guidance. We find that institutional factors, in particular the legal family of origin, political stability, contract enforcement and strength of investor protection promote provision of supervisory guidance. If a central bank has published supervisory guidance, local banks show better internal governance and higher stability.

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  • Mutarindwa, Samuel & Schäfer, Dorothea & Stephan, Andreas, 2020. "Central banks' supervisory guidance on corporate governance and bank stability: Evidence from African countries," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 43.
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    1. El Mokdad Ghaithaa & Awdeh Ali, 2025. "Corporate Governance, Bank Stability and Risk-Taking: Differences Between Conventional and Islamic Banks," Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, De Gruyter, vol. 21(1), pages 1-41.
    2. Mutarindwa, Samuel & Schäfer, Dorothea & Stephan, Andreas, 2020. "The impact of liquidity and capital requirements on lending and stability of African banks," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).
    3. Fung, Derrick W.H. & Lee, Wing Yan & Yeh, Jason J.H. & Yuen, Fei Lung, 2020. "Friend or foe: The divergent effects of FinTech on financial stability," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 45(C).
    4. Samantha Attridge & Yunnan Chen & Michael Mbate, 2020. "Performances financières et gouvernance d'entreprise des banques nationales de développement en Afrique," Working Paper a08f75a4-2f2e-4aa8-9994-d, Agence française de développement.
    5. Mutarindwa, Samuel & Schäfer, Dorothea & Stephan, Andreas, 2021. "Differences in African banking systems: causes and consequences," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(4), pages 561-581, August.
    6. Maxime Delabarre, 2021. "FinTech in the Financial Market," Working Papers hal-03107769, HAL.

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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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