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Do better political institutions help in reducing political pressure on state-owned banks? Evidence from developing countries

Ashraf, Badar Nadeem; Arshad, Sidra; Yan, Liang - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 11 (2018) 3, pp. 1-10

This study examines whether state-owned banks face political pressure and whether the improvement in political institutions alleviates this pressure. The theory of political benefits argues that politicians use state-owned banks for political purposes such as obtaining and maintaining political...

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Capital regulation and bank risk-taking behavior: Evidence from Pakistan

Ashraf, Badar Nadeem; Arshad, Sidra; Hu, Yuancheng - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-20

new Basel III Accord to counter excessive bank risk-taking behavior. However, prior theoretical as well as empirical … literature that studies the impact of risk-based capital requirements on bank risk-taking behavior is inconclusive. The primary … purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of risk-based capital requirements on bank risk-taking behavior, using a panel …

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