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Capital market development and bank efficiency: a cross-country analysis

Thanh Ngo (School of Aviation, College of Business, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand) (VNU University of Economics and Business, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Tu Le (Faculty of Business Government and Law, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia) (University of Economics and Law, VNU-HCM, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

International Journal of Managerial Finance

ISSN: 1743-9132

Article publication date: 12 June 2019

Issue publication date: 31 July 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the causal relationship between banking efficiency and capital market development in 86 countries between 2006 and 2011.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors follow the two-stage framework: data envelopment analysis (DEA) with the use of financial ratios is used to arrive at efficiency scores of the banks in the first stage. Thereafter, those efficiency scores will be linked with the development level of the capital markets of the corresponding country in the second stage using the generalised method of moments in a simultaneous equations model.

Findings

The authors found that banking systems around the world were still inefficient, suggesting that it would take time for the global banking system to recover after the global financial crisis 2007/2008. More importantly, the findings demonstrated that the larger the capital market is, the less efficient its banking system would be. In contrast, banking efficiency can positively influence the development of the capital market.

Research limitations/implications

The data are unbalanced and limited to 86 countries; the study did not analyse the productivity change over time of those banking systems; and it would be useful to test the first-stage DEA with different sets of variables as well as different assumptions.

Practical implications

The paper suggests that for any economy around the world, an improvement in banking performance and efficiency rather than capital market development should be a priority, alongside with monitoring inflation.

Originality/value

The paper provides an unbiased analysis of the causal relationship between the banking sector and the capital market.

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Citation

Ngo, T. and Le, T. (2019), "Capital market development and bank efficiency: a cross-country analysis", International Journal of Managerial Finance, Vol. 15 No. 4, pp. 478-491. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-02-2018-0048

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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