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Bankovní sektor a státní riziko v Evropské unii
[Banking Sector and Sovereign Risk in Euroepan Union]

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  • Jan Brůha
  • Evžen Kočenda

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We analyze and quantify link between quality of the banking sector and sovereign risk in the states of the European Union (EU) using data over 1999-2014. We employ two market-based measures of the sovereign risk along with several empirically and theoretically motivated variables that characterize banking sector. We perform Bayesian estimations on several panels of countries. Our results show that higher ratio of the non-performing loans represents the most important industry-specific variable that is linked with a heightened rate of the sovereign risk. On the other hand, findings related to the size and depth of the banking sector, along with the capital adequacy ratio, are less clear-cut. Higher penetration of the foreign banks and higher degree of competition characterize a diversified structure of the banking industry that seems to be beneficial for the banking sector stability and is linked with lower sovereign risk.

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  • Jan Brůha & Evžen Kočenda, 2018. "Bankovní sektor a státní riziko v Evropské unii [Banking Sector and Sovereign Risk in Euroepan Union]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2018(3), pages 366-383.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2018:y:2018:i:3:id:1193:p:366-383
    DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1193
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    Keywords

    sovereign risk; banking sector; global financial crisis; financial stability; European Union;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • 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
    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt

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