Ownership Structure and Non-Performing Loans: Evidence from Pakistan

Explanatory Power of Macroeconomic Variables as Determinants of Non-Performing Loans: Evidence form Pakistan

Since long the argument has been that both bank specific and macroeconomic factors affect the nonperforming loans and the existing literature on macroeconomic variables suggests that many macroeconomic variables do strongly influence them. Over the last few years the literature that examines NPLs has expanded in line with the interest afforded to understanding the factors responsible for financ...

Board Independence, Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Pakistan

The present study carried out to examine the relationship between ownership structure, board independence and firm performance of eighty listed firms at KSE for the period of 2005-2009. Performance is evaluated with the help of market based and accounting based performance measures. Marris ratio and Tobin‟s Q are used as estimators of market performance, while ROA, ROE has been used as accounti...

Determinants of Non-Performing Loans in China and the Ownership Effect

This prospectus analyzes the potential determinants of Chinese non-performing loan (NPL) ratio in banking sector and its implications using panel data from different banks in China. By incorporating both bank specific factors and macro variables, it shows domestic credit growth rate, bank profitability measures and bank ownership play important roles in determining NPL ratio. Analysis of propor...

Resolution of Non-Performing Loans in China

Banking-industry specific and regional economic determinants of non-performing loans: Evidence from US states

The present study examines state-level banking-industry specific as well as region economic determinants of non-performing loans for all commercial banks and savings institutions across 50 US states and the District of Columbia for 1984–2013. Using both fixed effects and dynamic-GMM estimations, I find greater capitalization, liquidity risks, poor credit quality, greater cost inefficiency and b...