The Determinants of Nonperforming Loans Before and After the Crisis: Challenges and Policy Implications for Turkish Banks

Vuslat Us ()

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2018, vol. 54, issue 7, 1608-1622

Abstract: This article examines the determinants of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the Turkish banking sector via panel data estimation techniques. In order to see the effect of the global crisis and whether this effect changes across ownership, the analysis is conducted in subperiods covering the precrisis and the postcrisis periods and estimations are repeated by an ownership breakdown. Findings show that the determinants of NPLs have changed, and macroeconomic and policy-related determinants have higher significance after the crisis. Accordingly, strong economic activity and sound fiscal policy improve loan quality, while higher policy rate induces NPLs. Meanwhile, the significance of bank-specific determinants depends on ownership. Yet, a common theme applies suggesting that asset size should grow in favor of loans, but this should be backed with efficient loan monitoring, while capital adequacy is stringent enough to limit NPLs.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2017.1315334

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