Innovation and Bank Capital Adequacy: An Empirical Assessment across European Economies

Massimo Arnone, Alberto Costantiello, Carlo Drago and Angelo Leogrande

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Abstract: This paper explores the connection between innovation dynamics and the Bank Capital to Asset Ratio (CAR) in the context of 39 European nations from 2018 to 2025. With a multidimensional panel data approach that incorporates a combination of static and dynamic panel models and machine learning algorithms—specifically Decision Tree Regression—the study conducts a data-oriented analysis of the impact of various types of innovation on the resilience of the banking sector. The study differentiates innovation inputs (e.g., trademark applications, innovator share), outputs (e.g., new-to-marketing and new-to-firm product sales), and productivity factors and factors permitting a finely grained comprehension of innovation inputs and financial consequences. Cluster analysis is applied to classify countries into innovation performance groups and is followed by regression and variable importance calculations. The study identifies that process innovations executed by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are positively linked with CAR and that information is associated with greater financial stability, whereas innovation outputs and productivity indicators at times relate inversely and register corresponding financial stress in the face of innovation-driven transitions. Further, pre-stage innovation inputs may raise banks' uncertainty and register systematic risk escalation. The model of a Decision Tree also reveals the sales of innovative products and labor productivity to be the most robust determinants of CAR with varied directional impacts between them. These results document the innovation-finance nexus complexity and refute the supposition that innovation equally strengthens economic prudence. The study contributes new knowledge to the literature through the combination of the assessment of financial prudency with the type of innovation and provides clear policy directions for the synchronization of innovation strategies with macroprudency aims across the European region.

Keywords: Innovation; Bank Capital; Financial Stability; Decision Tree Regression; Europe. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C38 E44 G21 O31 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-08-31
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