Determinants of trust in banking networks

Dilek Bülbül

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, vol. 85, issue C, 236-248

Abstract: This paper investigates the determinants of trust in banking networks and, thus, identifies several forces determining the stabilizing effect of networks. Using a unique dataset of 249 German savings banks, the empirical results show that intense interaction with central coordinators supports trust-building within the network. Larger banks and banks with strong competitive standing and high income invest less in a deeper relationship with the network. Moreover, bank's own trustworthiness is a relevant component in building trust. The banks are more willing to trust if they believe that they can influence the banking group's decisions. These findings may help to explain how banking networks can function well even in periods of financial crisis.

Keywords: Banking network; competence trust; financial crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 L14 L20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268112000455
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:85:y:2013:i:c:p:236-248

DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.02.022

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization is currently edited by Houser, D. and Puzzello, D.

More articles in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().