European Journal of Business Science and Technology 2022, 8(2):217-232 | DOI: 10.11118/ejobsat.2022.010

Impact of Bank Regulations on Banks’ Profitability: Cross-Country Evidence

Anyars Mahmud1
1 Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic

The clarion call for reform in bank regulation that ensures sound financial system and better performance following the financial melt-down of 2007–2009 across the globe has made it necessary to identify reforms that ensure these objectives are achieved. Using the most recent Banking Regulation and Supervision Survey of the World Bank and showing through empirical evidence, this paper adds to recent literature on the assessment of the impact of bank regulation on the profitability of banks across the globe. An Orbis financial database for 7535 banks observations in 114 countries over the period 2011–2018 is used for this study. The study shows that stringent capital requirement has positive and very significant impact on bank profitability. Same result is reported for Accounting/Information disclosure implying that regulations that strictly enforce information disclosure by banks to stakeholders eventually impacts positively on profitability. However, regulation on discipline/Problem institutions/exit has very significant and negative impact on bank profitability. Finally, the study again shows through the  results that restriction on banking activities has positive impact on bank profitability though not significant just as expected.

Keywords: banks, regulation, supervision, financial meltdown
JEL classification: E5, G38, L51

Received: April 13, 2022; Revised: July 18, 2022; Accepted: September 10, 2022; Published: December 31, 2022  Show citation

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Mahmud, A. (2022). Impact of Bank Regulations on Banks’ Profitability: Cross-Country Evidence. European Journal of Business Science and Technology8(2), 217-232. doi: 10.11118/ejobsat.2022.010
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