Basel Core Principles and bank soundness: Does compliance matter?

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 1 January 2011

Document Type:: Journal Article
Theme:: Economic Growth
Authors:: Demirguc-Kunt, A., Detragiache, E.

Abstract

This paper studies whether compliance with the Basel Core Principles for effective banking supervision (BCPs) is associated with bank soundness. Using data for over 3000 banks in 86 countries, we find that neither the overall index of BCP compliance nor its individual components are robustly associated with bank risk measured by individual bank Z-scores. We also fail to find a relationship between BCP compliance and systemic risk measured by a system-wide Z-score.

Citation

Demirguc-Kunt, A.; Detragiache, E. Basel Core Principles and bank soundness: Does compliance matter? Journal of Financial Stability (2011) 7 (4) 179-190. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2010.03.003]