The Impact of Capital Structure on Bank Performance in the Euro Area

Tässä pro gradu -työssä tutkitaan, miten pankit ovat sopeutuneet tiukempiin pääomavaatimuksiin ja miten pääoman taso ja rakenne vaikuttavat pankkien tulokseen euroalueella. Empiirisessä tutkimuksessa käytetään laajaa, 308 euroalueen pankkia kattavaa aineistoa ajanjaksolta 2005-2020. Pääomarakennetta...

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Main Author: Luhta, Hely
Other Authors: Kauppakorkeakoulu, School of Business and Economics, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82103
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description Tässä pro gradu -työssä tutkitaan, miten pankit ovat sopeutuneet tiukempiin pääomavaatimuksiin ja miten pääoman taso ja rakenne vaikuttavat pankkien tulokseen euroalueella. Empiirisessä tutkimuksessa käytetään laajaa, 308 euroalueen pankkia kattavaa aineistoa ajanjaksolta 2005-2020. Pääomarakennetta tarkastellaan sekä kokonaispääomatasona suhteessa riskipainotettuihin varoihin, että jaettuna pankkikohtaiseen pääomavaatimukseen ja sen ylittävään, vapaaehtoiseen puskuriin. Pankin suorituskykyä taas mitataan tuotoilla suhteutettuna sekä kokonaisvaroihin että riskipainotettuihin varoihin. Empiirisen tutkimuksen tulosten perusteella kokonaispääoman tasolla on positiivinen vaikutus suuriin pankkeihin, kun taas pieniin ja keskisuuriin vaikutusta ei havaita. Pääomavaatimukset taas vaikuttavat positiivisesti sekä pienten että suurten pankkien suorituskykyyn, mutta keskisuuriin pankkeihin vaikutus on huomattavan negatiivinen. Vapaaehtoinen pääoma vaikuttaa positiivisesti pienten ja suurten pankkien tuottoihin. Kaiken kaikkiaan pääoman positiivinen vaikutus suorituskykyyn korostuu riskikorjatun tuoton osalta, joten voidaan päätellä, että pääomatason nousu parantaa pankkien riskinsietokykyä liiketoiminnassa. Pääomatason ja minimipääomavaatimusten vaikutus keskikokoisiin pankkeihin eroaa selvästi pienistä ja isoista pankeista, ja jatkotutkimuksen kannalta olisi mielenkiintoista tutkia, mitkä tekijät keskikokoisten pankkien ryhmässä vaikuttavat tähän. Lisäksi, kontrollimuuttujien avulla havaitaan, että erikokoisten pankkien suorituskyky reagoi toisistaan poikkeavalla tavalla muutoksiin rahapolitiikassa ja makrotaloudellisessa ympäristössä. This master’s thesis studies how banks have adapted to stricter capital re-quirements and what effect the level and structure of capital has on bank's performance. The empirical study covers an extensive data of 308 euro area banks over the period 2005-2020. The capital structure is examined both as a level of total capital in relation to risk-weighted assets and divided to the bank-specific capital requirement and the voluntary buffer exceeding it. Bank performance, on the other hand, is measured in terms of income in relation to both total assets and risk-weighted assets. Based on the results of an empirical study, the level of total capital has a positive effect on large banks, while no effect on small and medium-sized banks is observed. Capital requirements, on the other hand, have a positive effect on the performance of both small and large banks, but the effect on medium-sized banks is considerably negative. Voluntary capital has a positive effect on the returns of small and large banks. Overall, the positive impact of capital on performance is highlighted in terms of risk-adjusted returns, so it can be concluded that an increase in the level of capital will improve banks' risk tolerance in business. The impact of capital levels and minimum capital requirements on medium-sized banks is clearly different from that of small and large banks, and it would be interesting for further research to examine which factors in the group of medium-sized banks contribute to this. In addition, the control variables show that the performance of banks of different sizes reacts differently to changes in monetary policy and the macroeconomic environment.
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title The Impact of Capital Structure on Bank Performance in the Euro Area
title_full The Impact of Capital Structure on Bank Performance in the Euro Area
title_fullStr The Impact of Capital Structure on Bank Performance in the Euro Area The Impact of Capital Structure on Bank Performance in the Euro Area
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Capital Structure on Bank Performance in the Euro Area The Impact of Capital Structure on Bank Performance in the Euro Area
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title_txtP The Impact of Capital Structure on Bank Performance in the Euro Area
topic bank capital Basel III bank performance Taloustiede Economics 2041 pankit pääoma rahapolitiikka banks (monetary institutions) capital monetary policy
topic_facet 2041 Basel III Economics Taloustiede bank capital bank performance banks (monetary institutions) capital monetary policy pankit pääoma rahapolitiikka
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