Political Connections and Banking Industry Performance: A Cross-Country Analysis

Panagiota Papadimitri and Fotios Pasiouras

Review of Corporate Finance, 2023, vol. 3, issue 3, 417-450

Abstract: This study examines the association between political connectiveness in the banking sector and the aggregate profitability of the sector. Evidence from an international sample of 59 countries points towards a positive effect. This finding holds while controlling for a variety of country-level characteristics, such as macroeconomic conditions, economic freedom, quality of institutions, government ownership of banks, banking sector characteristics and income level. Moreover, the positive relationship persists when using alternative sample specifications and proxies of political connectedness. Further analysis shows that this relationship is moderated by the control of corruption and the rule of law. In more detail, the results show that political connections are less valuable in countries with a better institutional environment along these dimensions.

Keywords: Political connections; banking industry; cross-country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 G28 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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