Evaluating the impact of dividend restrictions on euro area bank valuations

Desislava Andreeva, Paul Bochmann, Jonas Mosthaf and Julius Schneider

Macroprudential Bulletin, 2021, vol. 13

Abstract: This article evaluates the impact on euro area bank valuations of the March 2020 European Central Bank (ECB) recommendation not to pay dividends or buy back shares. The analysis provides evidence of a negative impact on bank valuations in the order of magnitude of 7%. That impact is not, however, homogenous across banks: institutions that pay out dividends but fail to generate returns commensurate with investor requirements are found to be more strongly affected than those generating shareholder value or banks that are too weak to pay out dividends even in the absence of dividend restrictions. Further, the analysis suggests that uncertainty over future distributions arising from the SSM recommendation, rather than the suspension of dividends per se, explains most of the negative impact on bank valuations. By construction, this analysis captures the side effects of the measure, notwithstanding its overall merit in preserving bank capital and sustaining bank intermediation capacity during the COVID-19 period. JEL Classification: G21, G28, C31

Keywords: bank valuations; Dividend restrictions; financial regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-06
Note: 2285252
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