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. 2021 Aug 20;133:106299. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2021.106299

Table 8.

Systemic risk during the pandemic: the moderating role of the regulatory environment.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Dependent Variable: ΔCoVaR
COVID19_GR 2.336⁎⁎ 1.425* 2.294⁎⁎ 1.951⁎⁎⁎ 2.145⁎⁎⁎ 2.130⁎⁎⁎ 2.032⁎⁎
(2.61) (1.81) (2.63) (3.14) (2.82) (2.69) (2.62)
COVID19_GR 0.309
× Act_restrict (1.06)
C OVID19_GR -0.134
× Cap_reg (-0.55)
C OVID19_GR 0.171
× Sup_power (0.74)
C OVID19_GR 1.016⁎⁎⁎
× No_dep (3.56)
C OVID19_GR -0.513
× Bank_con (-1.38)
C OVID19_GR -0.907⁎⁎⁎
× For_bank (-2.94)
C OVID19_GR -0.641*
× Gov_bank (-1.78)
S ize -0.051 -0.028 -0.045 -0.064 -0.060 -0.050 -0.048
(-1.17) (-0.69) (-0.99) (-1.35) (-1.36) (-1.20) (-1.04)
Leverage 0.007⁎⁎⁎ 0.008⁎⁎ 0.007⁎⁎⁎ 0.007⁎⁎⁎ 0.007⁎⁎⁎ 0.008⁎⁎⁎ 0.008⁎⁎⁎
(2.80) (2.26) (2.82) (2.73) (2.75) (2.92) (2.91)
Return -0.401⁎⁎⁎ -0.379⁎⁎⁎ -0.405⁎⁎⁎ -0.396⁎⁎⁎ -0.398⁎⁎⁎ -0.400⁎⁎⁎ -0.401⁎⁎⁎
(-3.25) (-2.91) (-3.32) (-3.34) (-3.31) (-3.29) (-3.22)
Volatility 0.196⁎⁎⁎ 0.197⁎⁎⁎ 0.194⁎⁎⁎ 0.192⁎⁎⁎ 0.196⁎⁎⁎ 0.192⁎⁎⁎ 0.188⁎⁎⁎
(7.25) (7.70) (7.21) (7.84) (7.37) (7.46) (7.63)
Bank FE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Day FE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Country Cluster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Observations 297,685 261,523 295,411 296,755 297,685 297,685 297,685
Adj. R2 0.866 0.871 0.866 0.868 0.867 0.867 0.867

This table reports results on the moderating effects of banking regulation, competition, and ownership. ΔCoVaR is the proxy for systemic risk; COVID19_GR is the 14-day moving average log growth rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases; Act_restrict is the overall restrictions on banking activities; Cap_reg is the capital regulatory index; Sup_power captures whether the supervisory authority has the power to take specific actions to prevent and correct problems; No_dep means there is no explicit deposit insurance scheme; Bank_con is bank concentration; For_bank is the extent to which the banking system's assets are foreign-owned; Gov_bank is the extent to which the banking system's assets are government-owned. All control variables are lagged. All specifications include bank and day fixed effects and control variables. Standard errors are adjusted for clustering at the country level. t-statistics are in brackets. ***, **, and * indicate statistical significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively.