Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7360233 | Journal of Economics and Business | 2018 | 47 Pages |
Abstract
It is well documented that institutional development has greatly enhanced bank stability by reducing risk-taking. We examine the causal effect of accounting system development on bank risk-taking based on difference-in-difference (DID) models in the context of institutional reforms. By creating two distinct measures of the accounting system: the distance to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS Index) and the domestic accounting law enactment (Accounting Law Index), we show that the accounting system has a significant impact on bank risk-taking in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Specifically, compliance with the IFRS induces large drop in bank risk, while increased domestic accounting laws lead to greater risk-taking. We also show that European Union membership reinforces the effect of the IFRS Index on bank risk-taking for those transition countries.
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Authors
Yiwei Fang, James Fornaro, Lingxiang Li, Yun Zhu,