Does raising bank capital limit bank liquidity creation? Evidence from commercial banks in Vietnam

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v9i4.962

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Liquidity creation;, 2SLS;, LASSO

Abstract

Little is known about the trade-off mechanism underlying raising bank capital and enhancing bank liquidity creation, as empirical evidence is sparse. Pursuing Basel II target capital seems challenging and costly because it could generate unintended consequences, such as reducing liquidity creation. Thus, the aim of this study is to point out that the pursuit of raising capital to meet Basel II standards in recent years has limited the liquidity creation function of banks.  This finding is reliable and consistent across different research methods, i.e. least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO regression) and the simultaneous equations model (SEM). We chose Vietnam's banking system for this study because applying Basel II in Vietnam has been topical in recent years and also more challenging than in the rest of the world. Our finding strengthens academically the financial fragility-crowding out hypothesis developed by Diamond & Rajan (2000).

Author Biographies

Xuan Thanh Thi Pham

Center for Economic and Financial Research, University of Economics and Law, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Viet Nam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tin Huu Ho

Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Ha Thai Tran Nguyen

Department of Business Administration, College of Management, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan.

Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Saigon University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Published

2022-09-09

How to Cite

Thi Pham, X. T., Ho, T. H., Tran Nguyen, H. T., & Ngo, T. P. (2022). Does raising bank capital limit bank liquidity creation? Evidence from commercial banks in Vietnam. Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR), 9(4), 593–604. https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v9i4.962