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<p>This paper examines the Leverage Ratio and Total Capital Ratio of global versus non-global banks in both the pre- and post-crisis periods. A panel data set of 165 global and non-global financial institutions from 38 countries is used for the period 1999-2015 and a random effects model is employed to examine whether global banks perform better or not compared to their non-global counterparts. This study comes up with two important findings. First, global banks do not exhibit heterogeneous behaviour with respect to both ratios neither in the pre- and especially nor in the post-crisis period. Second, the Leverage Ratio is crisis-insensitive, but the Total Capital Ratio is not. Our findings encourage further research on the topic of the contribution of global banks to the financial crisis propagation (at least as far as leverage is concerned).</p>
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This paper examines the Leverage Ratio and Total Capital Ratio of global versus non-global banks in both the pre- and post-crisis periods. A panel data set of 165 global and non-global financial institutions from 38 countries is used for the period 1999-2015 and a random effects model is employed to examine whether global banks perform better or not compared to their non-global counterparts. This study comes up with two important findings. First, global banks do not exhibit heterogeneous behaviour with respect to both ratios neither in the pre- and especially nor in the post-crisis period. Second, the Leverage Ratio is crisis-insensitive, but the Total Capital Ratio is not. Our findings encourage further research on the topic of the contribution of global banks to the financial crisis propagation (at least as far as leverage is concerned).

Global Versus Non-Global Banks: A Capital Ratios-Based Analysis

Athens University of Economics and Business

Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice

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This paper examines the Leverage Ratio and Total Capital Ratio of global versus non-global banks in both the pre- and post-crisis periods. A panel data set of...

Global Versus Non-Global Banks: A Capital Ratios-Based Analysis

Published Online: May 12, 2021

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Feb 04, 2020

Accepted: May 27, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jcbtp-2021-0011

Keywords
CAMELS factors, financial crisis, Global banks, Leverage Ratio, Non-global banks, Total Capital Ratio

© 2021 Konstantinos Drakos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Global Versus Non-Global Banks: A Capital Ratios-Based Analysis

Published Online: May 12, 2021

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Feb 04, 2020

Accepted: May 27, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jcbtp-2021-0011

KeywordsCAMELS factors, financial crisis, Global banks, Leverage Ratio, Non-global banks, Total Capital Ratio

© 2021 Konstantinos Drakos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
CAMELS factors, financial crisis, Global banks, Leverage Ratio, Non-global banks, Total Capital Ratio