The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and profitability in the banking sector of Vietnam, focusing on determining how LCR impacts profitability while identifying the optimal level of LCR that balances liquidity management and...

The study investigates the moderation effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) towards the relationship between excess liquidity and bank risk-taking as well as explores its stronger impact in countries severely affected by the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Using System Generalized...

This study aims to examine the effect of investor sentiment on stock market crash risk in the Asia-Pacific region. The research employs principal components analysis (PCA) to construct an investor sentiment index, while the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) is used to analyze monthly...

This research used the Bayesian method and Gibbs sampling algorithm on an unbalanced database and examined the impacts of the liquidity creation (LC) on the financial stability (FS) of the banks in Southeast Asian countries from 2007 to 2021. With both 'Cat Fat' and 'Cat Nonfat' method, the...

Our study examines the relationship between the management board compensation and corporate philanthropy in financial institutions. By analyzing a sample of 240 cooperative banks over six years, the research investigates the impact of management board compensation on the level and extent of...

This study empirically examines bank spatial competition within the rural banking setting of Indonesia. The specific focus is on bank cost efficiency. It presents a new competition measure based on two spatial variables: physical distances and Thiessen polygon market boundaries. This study uses...

An efficient bank is more robust to shocks, fosters competitiveness, and promotes stability of the financial system. This study estimates Ethiopia's commercial banks' level of efficiency and its determinants during the period 2014-2020. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Malmquist DEA, and Tobit...

The paper examines the impact of central bank regulatory policies on market power in Africa. The study presents a representative sample of 52 African economies over the period 2006-2020. The study shows that the individual regulatory policies of the central bank (i.e. monetary and...

This study aims to provide empirical evidence regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on banking performance in Indonesia. This study examines differences in Indonesian banking performance before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Banking performance in this study was measured using the...

This study examines whether conventional bank lending rates influence Islamic bank financing rates in Indonesia and Malaysia that apply the dual-banking system. We employ the ARDL, the non-linear ARDL (NARDL) model, and the Pooled Mean Group (PMG). Evidence of the long-run link between Islamic...