 Leverage Behavior of Turkish Banks: How Did They Escape The Global Crisis?Ahmet Çalişkan
Iktisat Isletme ve Finans, 2011, vol. 26, issue 307, 75-104 Abstract: In this paper, we attempt to explain how the Turkish financial system emerged from the global crisis with little or no damage by comparing it with the US. We focus on banks’ historical leverage ratios. The overall leverage ratio of the Turkish banking system is lower than the US especially after the 2001 crisis. Bank-level panel regressions using both annual and quarterly data covering 1994-2009 period reveal that similar to US banks, Turkish banks adjust leverage procyclically. That is, they increase (decrease) leverage when their balance sheets expand (contract). Although procyclical leverage could be destabilizing, we find that Turkish banks exhibit a quantitatively smaller degree of leverage growth compared to US. We also find that tight regulatory and supervisory reforms implemented in Turkey after the 2001 crisis significantly reduced leverage growth. This is in contrast with the financial deregulation trend in the US in the years before the global crisis. Keywords: Global Financial Crisis; Leverage; Turkish Banking System (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iif:iifjrn:v:26:y:2011:i:307:p:75-104 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Iktisat Isletme ve Finans is currently edited by Ali Bilge More articles in Iktisat Isletme ve Finans from Bilgesel Yayincilik |
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