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Table 5 Main results (tobit regressions)

From: Bank efficiency in Middle East and North African countries: Does political connection type matter?

Variables

CE

(1)

TE

(2)

AE

(3)

CE

(4)

TE

(5)

AE

(6)

CE

(7)

TE

(8)

AE

(9)

A_PC

 − 0.064***

 − 0.072***

 − 0.063*

      
 

(− 3.82)

(− 2.88)

(− 1.92)

      

CEO_PC

   

 − .0.044***

 − 0.032***

0.052

   
    

(− 3.07)

(− 2.57)

(1.17)

   

BD_PC

      

 − 0.025*

 − 0.011*

 − 0.043*

       

(− 1.69)

(− 1.77)

(− 1.75)

SIZE

 − 0.058***

 − 0.057***

− 0.045***

 − 0.057***

0.059***

 − 0.044***

 − 0.058***

 − 0.056***

 − 0.043***

 

(− 4.11)

(− 4.98)

(− 4.82)

(− 4.61)

(− 4.76)

(− 3.82)

(− 4.72)

(− 3.22)

(− 3.73)

CAR

 − 0.054**

 − 0.123***

0.005

 − 0.055**

 − 0.117***

0.005

 − 0.057**

 − 0.116***

0.008

 

(− 2.30)

(− 6.33)

(0.04)

(− 2.29)

(− 6.32)

(0.04)

(− 2.37)

(− 4.16)

(0.08)

CRD_RQ

 − 0.041**

 − 0.062***

 − 0.255**

 − 0.043**

 − 0.055***

 − 0.247**

 − 0.042**

 − 0.058***

 − 0.258**

 

(− 2.10)

(− 3.50)

(− 2.35)

(− 2.16)

(− 3.19)

(− 2.30)

(− 2.15)

(− 3.65)

(− 2.41)

PROF

0.279***

0.002

0.394***

0.278***

0.002

0.393***

0.278***

0.001

0.390***

 

(3.06)

(0.36)

(3.95)

(3.13)

(0.41)

(4.03)

(3.28)

(1.01)

(3.97)

BAN_CON

0.001

0.001**

 − 0.001

0.001

0.002**

 − 0.001

0.001

0.001**

 − 0.001

 

(1.09)

(2.19)

 − 0.80

(1.02)

(2.45)

(− 0.69)

(1.07)

(2.02)

(− 0.86)

DOM_CR

0.002

0.002***

0.001*

0.001*

0.001***

0.001*

0.001*

0.001***

0.001*

 

(1.55)

(3.29)

(1.77)

(1.72)

(1.13)

(1.89)

(1.68)

(2.68)

(1.79)

GDP_GR

0.003**

0.001

0.015***

0.003***

0.001

0.015***

0.003***

0.001

0.015***

 

(2.80)

(1.03)

(3.69)

(2.79)

(0.96)

(3.67)

(2.91)

(1.03)

(3.71)

INF

 − 0.187**

0.044

0.283

 − 0.194***

0.041

0.294

 − 0.201***

0.037

0.320

 

(− 2.53)

(0.99)

(0.96)

(− 2.69)

(0.96)

(1.01)

(− 2.71)

(1.56)

(1.11)

POL_RISK

 − 0.137*

 − 0.064

 − 0.634*

 − 0.136**

 − 0.077

 − 0.633*

 − 0.137**

 − 0.057

 − 0.69*

 

(− 1.98)

(− 1.13)

(− 1.71)

(− 2.01)

(− 1.36)

(− 1.72)

(− 2.04)

(− 1.53)

(− 1.89)

WEPU

 − 0.026**

0.007

 − 0.032

 − 0.027**

0.006

− 0.033

− 0.027**

0.007

− 0.026

 

(− 2.01)

(0.70)

(− 0.61)

(− 2.11)

(0.64)

(− 0.63)

(− 2.13)

(0.98)

(− 0.51)

PAND_CRIS

 − 0.006*

 − 0.005**

 − 0.014

 − 0.007*

 − 0.006***

 − 0.009**

 − 0.006***

 − 0.005*

 − 0.013***

 

(− 1.75)

(− 2.17)

(− 0.44)

(− 1.78)

(− 2.88)

(− 2.38)

(− 2.78)

(− 1.89)

(− 2.88)

Year dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Country dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. This table reports random effect tobit regression results for the effect of political connections (A_PC, CEO_PC, and BD_PC) on bank efficiency (CE, TE, and AE) over the 2008–2021 period. t-values are in parentheses
  2. ***, **, and * denote 1%, 5%, and 10% significance levels, respectively. See variable definitions in Table 10 in “Appendix