Non-performing loans (NPLs) and non-performance: evidence from South Asian banks

Abstract

This paper examines the consequences of banks’ performance on bank risk. The paper forms a theoretical model and delivers empirical evidence to identify that banks suffer in performance as the loans become bad. Using panel data from a sample of five (05) South-Asian emerging economies from 2011 to 2019, we have found that the banks are highly influenced by the development of non-performing loans (NPLs). We have primarily used Return on Asset (ROA) followed by Return on Equity (ROE) as a substitution to the performance of the banks and NPL as the proxy of bank risk. Simultaneous regression applying 3sls finds that Non-Performing Loan (NPL) hinders banks' growth, negatively affecting their profitability.

Keywords: {'name': 'Profitability'}, {'name': 'Banking'}, {'name': 'Non-performing Loans'}, {'name': 'FGLS'}, {'name': '3SLS'}

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Probir Kumar Bhowmik
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Niluthpaul Sarker
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