Determinants of financial distress in large financial institutions: Evidence from U.S. bank holding companies
Determinants of financial distress in large financial institutions: Evidence from U.S. bank holding companies
We investigate determinants of financial distress in large financial institutions based on the Distance-to-Default and Z-Scores measures. Using data of U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs), we find that the housing price index is a consistently significant factor across all BHCs and the non-performing loan ratio is the most powerful indicator for financial distress. Short-term wholesale funding is also a reliable default risk indicator. We additionally find that all the three regulatory capital requirements are very important for controlling default risk, particularly in the post-crisis period.
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Zhang, Zhichao
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Xie, Li
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Lu, Xiangyun
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Zhang, Zhuang
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1 April 2016
Zhang, Zhichao
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Xie, Li
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Lu, Xiangyun
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Zhang, Zhuang
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Zhang, Zhichao, Xie, Li, Lu, Xiangyun and Zhang, Zhuang
(2016)
Determinants of financial distress in large financial institutions: Evidence from U.S. bank holding companies.
Contemporary Economic Policy, 34 (2), .
(doi:10.1111/coep.12105).
Abstract
We investigate determinants of financial distress in large financial institutions based on the Distance-to-Default and Z-Scores measures. Using data of U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs), we find that the housing price index is a consistently significant factor across all BHCs and the non-performing loan ratio is the most powerful indicator for financial distress. Short-term wholesale funding is also a reliable default risk indicator. We additionally find that all the three regulatory capital requirements are very important for controlling default risk, particularly in the post-crisis period.
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Accepted/In Press date: 4 January 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 April 2015
Published date: 1 April 2016
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/413574
ISSN: 1074-3529
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