 The impact of resource curse on banking efficiency: Evidence from twelve oil producing countriesMuhammad Umar, Xiangfeng Ji, Nawazish Mirza and Birjees Rahat Resources Policy, 2021, vol. 72, issue C Abstract: The resource curse is an evolving phenomenon in the context of financial development. In this paper, using the firm-level data, we assess the impact of resource curse on the banking sector of those countries with significant dependence on oil production. Our sample spans from 1Q2001 to 4Q2019 and includes commercial banks from twelve oil-producing countries with an oil rent (% of the GDP) being twenty percent and above. We assess the effect of resource curse on banking profit efficiency, asset quality, and solvency using interest rate spreads, credit infections, and the probability of default, respectively, during periods of varying oil prices. Our results show that during episodes of the price boom, the banking efficiency declines, credit infection worsens, and the probability of default would surge. These findings confirm the presence of resources curse and validate the reasons why countries with excess reliance on natural resources tend to have lower financial development. Considering the role of commercial banking in the financial system, these results have important implications for policymakers. Keywords: Resource curse; Financial system; Profit efficiency; Solvency (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jrpoli:v:72:y:2021:i:c:s0301420721000957 DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102080 Access Statistics for this article Resources Policy is currently edited by R. G. Eggert More articles in Resources Policy from Elsevier |
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