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Table 8 Bank relative efficiency determinants (for all banks jointly and separately for categories of banks with respect to their size)

From: Size matters: analyzing bank profitability and efficiency under the Basel III framework

EFF—dep. var

All banks

Large and medium banks only

Small banks only

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

VARIABLES

EFF_All_banks_baseline

EFF_All_banks_EMU

EFF_All_banks_EU15

EFF_L&M_banks_baseline

EFF_L&M_banks_EMU

EFF_L&M_banks_EU15

EFF_Small_banks_baseline

EFF_Small_banks_EMU

EFF_Small_banks_EU15

L.EFF_all_banks

0.281***

0.292***

0.283***

      
 

[15.737]

[14.883]

[16.022]

      
 

(0.018)

(0.020)

(0.018)

      

L.EFF_L&M_banks

   

0.336***

0.335***

0.336***

   
    

[11.900]

[11.713]

[11.900]

   
    

(0.028)

(0.029)

(0.028)

   

L.EFF_small_banks

      

0.350***

0.273***

0.271***

       

[8.021]

[5.713]

[5.744]

       

(0.044)

(0.048)

(0.047)

ROA

0.420***

0.423***

0.429***

0.719***

0.722***

0.719***

0.612***

0.552***

0.572***

 

[4.145]

[2.651]

[4.127]

[3.774]

[3.757]

[3.775]

[3.510]

[3.373]

[3.356]

 

(0.101)

(0.160)

(0.104)

(0.190)

(0.192)

(0.190)

(0.174)

(0.164)

(0.170)

LIQ

0.059***

0.053**

0.056***

0.029

0.023

0.029

0.032

0.095***

0.095***

 

[3.827]

[2.133]

[3.743]

[1.310]

[0.994]

[1.310]

[0.966]

[2.950]

[2.884]

 

(0.015)

(0.025)

(0.015)

(0.022)

(0.023)

(0.022)

(0.033)

(0.032)

(0.033)

LTR

− 0.002*

− 0.002

− 0.002

− 0.001

− 0.001

− 0.001

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

[− 1.647]

[− 1.296]

[− 1.619]

[− 0.642]

[− 0.611]

[− 0.642]

[0.101]

[0.177]

[0.037]

 

(0.001)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

GDPG

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.002***

0.002***

0.002***

0.003

0.003*

0.003

 

[1.546]

[1.317]

[1.508]

[2.950]

[2.926]

[2.950]

[1.591]

[1.654]

[1.538]

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

LHHI

0.004

0.003

0.004

0.026

0.026

0.026

− 0.043

− 0.028

− 0.024

 

[0.266]

[0.115]

[0.252]

[1.559]

[1.547]

[1.558]

[− 1.277]

[− 0.811]

[− 0.686]

 

(0.014)

(0.027)

(0.014)

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.034)

(0.034)

(0.034)

HICP

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.002***

0.002**

0.002***

− 0.000

0.001

0.001

 

[1.361]

[1.163]

[1.386]

[2.581]

[2.568]

[2.581]

[− 0.279]

[0.853]

[0.919]

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.002)

LBSIZE

− 0.001

− 0.000

− 0.001

0.007*

0.007

0.007*

0.004

0.008

0.009

 

[− 0.662]

[− 0.073]

[− 0.532]

[1.782]

[1.552]

[1.781]

[0.388]

[0.625]

[0.738]

 

(0.002)

(0.006)

(0.002)

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.009)

(0.013)

(0.013)

REG_DUMMY

0.584***

0.191***

0.094***

0.117***

0.198***

0.197***

− 0.070***

− 0.061***

− 0.064***

 

[3.951]

[15.201]

[18.343]

[12.253]

[16.535]

[16.427]

[− 4.527]

[− 3.241]

[− 3.290]

 

(0.148)

(0.013)

(0.005)

(0.010)

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.016)

(0.019)

(0.019)

 

(0.015)

(0.187)

(0.015)

(0.022)

(0.191)

(0.022)

(0.030)

(0.042)

(0.029)

1.EMU

 

0.382

  

− 0.155

  

0.057***

 
  

[1.815]

  

[− 0.802]

  

[1.479]

 
  

(0.211)

  

(0.194)

  

(0.039)

 

1.EU15

  

0.487***

  

− 0.169

  

0.425

   

[3.346]

  

[− 0.890]

  

[1.187]

   

(0.146)

  

(0.190)

  

(0.358)

Nb. of banks [id]

433

433

433

281

281

281

152

152

152

Nb. of observations

3888

3888

3888

2525

2525

2525

1363

1363

1363

Hansen test [p-value]

0.09

0.12

0.12

0.15

0.15

0.14

0.61

0.64

0.61

AR1 test [p-value]

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

AR2 test [p-value]

0.15

0.19

0.16

0.75

0.76

0.75

0.56

0.95

0.96

  1. ***, **, *denote significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% significance level. Numbers in brackets are z-statistics, while robust standard errors are in parenthesis. Models also include temporal and country dummy variables
  2. Source: Authors calculations