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Family-owned banks in Jordan: do they perform better?

Journal of Family Business Management, 2022

PurposeFamily ownership is very common for Jordanian businesses, leading to a high level of involvement of family members in company management. There continues to be intense discussion on the pros and cons of family ownership, particularly as it focuses corporate control within a small family group. The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of family- and non-family-owned banks that appear on the Amman Stock Exchange over the 2016 to 2020 period.Design/methodology/approachThe research on Jordanian domestic banks is based on data from the annual reports of banks listed on their websites which offers comprehensive data on finances, ownership and the board. Family-owned and non-family banks were analysed using multiple regression technique to identify any variations in their performance.FindingsUsing a sample of 16 domestic banks with 75 bank-year observations over the 2016 to 2020 period, the study supports other research in finding that family ownership is negatively r...

Impact of ownership structure on risk-taking behavior of South Asian banks

Corporate Ownership and Control

The implementation of an effective risk management policy is necessary for the survival and success of banks. Ownership structure changes the risk-taking behavior of banks. Therefore, we analyze the impact of the ownership structure on risk-taking behavior of banks in emerging markets (i.e., Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh). We take public, private and foreign ownership of banks in this study. We collect the data from 64 banks of selected countries from 2011 to 2018. We measure risk-taking as capital adequacy, leverage coverage ratio, non-performing loan ratio, and return volatility. We use two-step system dynamic panel estimation for analyzing the results. We find that public and private banks have significant relationship with the risk-taking of banks. Furthermore, public and private banks show more risk-taking behavior as compared to foreign banks in all selected countries.

The impact of family ownership status on determinants of leverage. Empirical evidence from South East Asia

2017

We investigate the impact of family ownership on determinants of leverage in South East Asia. We find that family firms use more debt than non-family firms and that family ownership strengthens the positive relationship between firm size and leverage. Family firms have a higher level of tangibility at a certain level of debt relative to non-family firms. On one hand, family firms with family CEOs use more debt to finance internal fund deficit relative to family firms with CEOs from outside or non-family firms. On the other hand, family firms with family CEOs have a lower level of debt corresponding to growth opportunities than others. Our results are robust to alternative estimation techniques and measurement of leverage. These findings contribute to understanding the determinants of leverage among family-controlled firms in South East Asia.

Ownership concentration and bank risk (A study on banking sectors in Indonesia)

Journal of Economics, Business, and Accountancy | Ventura, 2015

The purpose of this study is to test empirically the relationship between ownership concentration and risk taking by banks which are proxied by the CAR and LDR (li-quidity ratio). The study was motivated by the limited previous studies that analyze the structure of ownership in financial institutions and the weaknesses in sampling. Our analysis focused on Indonesia because this country has implemented the Basel Accord II standards successfully. This regulatory compliance is expected can control banking risk. Using data from 2009 until 2013 and panel data. We found that the ownership concentration become important determinants of bank liquidity. These findings are expected to provide policy guidance for regulators, especially relating to the ownership structure of the bank. However, the ownership concentration proved to be involved in the management decision to risk taking in banks.

Market Power, Types of Ownership and Bank Income Diversification: Cases of Asian Countries

Jurnal Dinamika Manajemen

This study aims to analyze the effects of market power and type of ownership on bank’s income diversification in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and China. Banks diversifies their source of income to stabilize profitability level. Bank’s market power is a critical factor which affect its income diversification efforts. This study uses Lerner Index as a proxy for banks’ market power. By using a sample of 80 banks in five countries from 2012 to 2016 and operating Fixed Effect Model and Generalized Least Square, the result shows that banks with greater market power earn more non-interest income, except in the Philippines. Also, government ownership is proven to heighten the relation between market power and income diversification, with consistent results shown in each subsamples. Foreign ownership also heighten the relation between market power and income diversification, except in Thailand.