 Is there a threshold effect in the liquidity risk–non‐performing loans relationship? A PSTR approach for MENA banksRim Boussaada, Abdelaziz Hakimi and Majdi Karmani International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2022, vol. 27, issue 2, 1886-1898 Abstract: This study analyzes the nonlinear relationship between liquidity risk and nonperforming loans (NPLs) for a sample of MENA banks over the period 2004–2017. Results of the Panel Smooth Transition Regression model indicate that there is a threshold effect in the liquidity risk and NPLs relationship. More specifically, we found that above the threshold of 73.10% for loans to deposits ratio, liquidity risk significantly increases the level of NPLs. However, below the threshold of 87.61% for liquid assets to deposits and short‐term funding ratio, the NPLs are also significantly and positively correlated with the liquidity risk. Furthermore, we found that NPLs are more sensitive to bank performance, bank capital, bank size, international financial crisis, and the inflation rate. However, no significant effect was found for the impact of ownership concentration and board characteristics either below or above the thresholds. Date: 2022 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:ijfiec:v:27:y:2022:i:2:p:1886-1898 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Finance & Economics is currently edited by Mark P. Taylor, Keith Cuthbertson and Michael P. Dooley More articles in International Journal of Finance & Economics from John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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