Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan
Vol 24, No 1: April 2023

Does prudential capital reduce bank risk-taking? Empirical evidence from the Indonesian banks industry

Agus Salim (Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Special Region of Yogyakarta)
Suripto Suripto (Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Special Region of Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Jun 2023

Abstract

The implementation of macroprudential supervision, significantly tighter capital regulation in developing economies, has recently been debated, which focuses on reducing bank risk-taking and promoting financial stability in the banking sector. Our study investigates the impact of prudential capital on commercial bank risk-taking in Indonesia. We employed a GMM system approach to analyze bank and macro level data from 2004 to 2019. Our result confirms that appropriate capital regulations for reducing bank risk-taking are heterogeneous. Traditional capital ratios decrease bank risk-taking. However, the risk-based capital ratio shows an unexpected affirmative effect. Implementing macroprudential policy instruments of capital buffer effectively manages bank risk, and so does the regulatory capital pressure variable. The results are intimate for guiding commercial banks' risk management and capital effectiveness.

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Abbrev

esp

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Journal of Economic & Development Studies (JESP) aims to publicize the results of research concerning economics and development at local, national, and international ...