The Impact of National Bank Regulation on Banks Performance: Evidence from the Private Banks of Ethiopia
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of NBE regulations on private banks
performance through the significant regulatory variables explaining the NBE directives, using bank-
specific and macroeconomic variables as control variables. Balanced fixed effect panel regression was
used for the data of six private commercial banks in the sample covered the period from 2004 to
2013. Three regulatory factors affecting banks performance in terms of return on asset and net
interest margin were selected and analyzed. The results of panel data regression analysis showed
that NBE Bill and Credit cap had negative and statistically significant impact on banks profitability
but reserve requirement had negative and insignificant impact on profitability. While measuring
banks cost of intermediation through Net Interest Margin three of the regulatory variables (i.e. NBE
Bills, Reserve requirement and credit cap) had negative and statistically significant effect on net
interest margin. Among the control variables bank size had positive and statistically significant effect
on both performance measures, which means ROA & NIM. Operating efficiency and GDP had
positive and statistically insignificant effect on ROA but both were statistically significant on NIM.
Equity had positive and significant effect on ROA but had negative and statistically insignificant on
NIM. Inflation had positive and insignificant effect on ROA but had positive and significant effect on
NIM
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Evidence from the Private banks of Ethiopia