Determinants of Loan Loss Provisioning for Commercial Banks in the United Kingdom

This timely empirical study investigates the determinants of loan loss provisioning for commercial banks in the United Kingdom. A sample of 23 commercial banks in the UK are used in a dynamic panel dataset covering a period of 8 years from 2006 to 2013. This period is of great value for research sin...

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Main Author: Li, Yuzhu
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27463/
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description This timely empirical study investigates the determinants of loan loss provisioning for commercial banks in the United Kingdom. A sample of 23 commercial banks in the UK are used in a dynamic panel dataset covering a period of 8 years from 2006 to 2013. This period is of great value for research since it covers a period of transition from Basel I to II and global financial crisis from 2008 to 2009. Loan loss provisions are found to be procyclical with a negative relationship with GDP growth rate during this period. Income smoothing and capital management were also found to be significant in this study. Z-score, which measures insolvency risk, is found to be negatively related to LLPs. It indicated that a high of loan loss provisions is associated with insolvency to a certain degree. However, there is no evidence showing that technical efficiency affects loan loss provisions of commercial banks in the UK.
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spelling nottingham-274632017-10-19T14:02:54Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27463/ Determinants of Loan Loss Provisioning for Commercial Banks in the United Kingdom Li, Yuzhu This timely empirical study investigates the determinants of loan loss provisioning for commercial banks in the United Kingdom. A sample of 23 commercial banks in the UK are used in a dynamic panel dataset covering a period of 8 years from 2006 to 2013. This period is of great value for research since it covers a period of transition from Basel I to II and global financial crisis from 2008 to 2009. Loan loss provisions are found to be procyclical with a negative relationship with GDP growth rate during this period. Income smoothing and capital management were also found to be significant in this study. Z-score, which measures insolvency risk, is found to be negatively related to LLPs. It indicated that a high of loan loss provisions is associated with insolvency to a certain degree. However, there is no evidence showing that technical efficiency affects loan loss provisions of commercial banks in the UK. 2014 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27463/1/Yuzhu_Li_MSc_Banking_and_Finance.pdf Li, Yuzhu (2014) Determinants of Loan Loss Provisioning for Commercial Banks in the United Kingdom. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Determinants of Loan Loss Provisioning for Commercial Banks in the United Kingdom
title Determinants of Loan Loss Provisioning for Commercial Banks in the United Kingdom
title_full Determinants of Loan Loss Provisioning for Commercial Banks in the United Kingdom
title_fullStr Determinants of Loan Loss Provisioning for Commercial Banks in the United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of Loan Loss Provisioning for Commercial Banks in the United Kingdom
title_short Determinants of Loan Loss Provisioning for Commercial Banks in the United Kingdom
title_sort determinants of loan loss provisioning for commercial banks in the united kingdom
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27463/