The impact of uncertainty on financial institutions: A cross‐country study

Christopher F. Baum; Mustafa Caglayan; Bing Xu

doi:10.1002/ijfe.1983

The impact of uncertainty on financial institutions: A cross‐country study

Christopher F. Baum, Mustafa Caglayan, Bing Xu

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We examine the effects of uncertainty on several facets of the financial sector. Using a large country‐level unbalanced panel dataset, we show that inflation uncertainty reduces availability of private sector credit; harms banks' efficiency and operational performance, evidenced by lower returns and increased reliance on non‐interest income activities; and distorts sectoral stability, as liquidity, banks' appetite for risk and credit risk increases. Our findings, based on the full dataset and country splits, are economically meaningful and provide evidence that uncertainty threatens the overall health of the financial sector.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3719-3739
Number of pages	21
Journal	International Journal of Finance and Economics
Volume	26
Issue number	3
Early online date	20 Jul 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1983
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021

Keywords

financial depth
non-interest income
profitability
stability
uncertainty

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Accounting
Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Baum, CF, Caglayan, M, Xu, B. The impact of uncertainty on financial institutions: A cross‐country study. Int J Fin Econ. 2021; 26: 3719– 3739, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1983. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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