Are Basel Capital Standards Implemented Successfully in Pakistan?
Romila Qamar,
Shahid Mansoor Hashmi and
Mughees Tahir Bhalli
Romanian Economic Journal, 2016, vol. 19, issue 62, 119-152
Abstract:
This paper basically examines implementation of Basel Accords in Pakistan and investigates to what extent; these accords have positive or negative impact on economy. Two types of capital, Tier 1 and Tier 2 are examined under Basel II for the first time for a developing country. Both have impact on capital management but their mechanisms are different. For this purpose, two models, capital buffer model and provisioning models are used for the estimation through GMM one step and two steps for the period of 2001-2012 for 47 Pakistani commercial banks. Results show that Basel II Capital accord is pro-cyclical. Sample is divided into two regimes. Tier 1 capital is positively related and Tier 2 is negatively related to loan loss provisions in the pre Basel regime while the results are reversed in the post Basel regime. Business cycle fluctuations are positively related to loan loss provisions in the pre Basel regime and negatively related in the post Basel regime providing the evidence that new capital regulation is pro-cyclical.
Keywords: Pro-cyclicality; Basel; Capital Buffer; Capital Management; risk management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C33 C87 E32 E44 E58 G21 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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