Impact of FDICIA internal controls on bank risk taking
Justin Yiqiang Jin,
Kiridaran Kanagaretnam,
Gerald J. Lobo and
Robert Mathieu
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2013, vol. 37, issue 2, 614-624
Abstract:
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA) of 1991 was designed, among other things, to introduce risk-based deposit insurance, increase capital requirements, and improve banks’ internal controls. Of particular interest in this study are the requirements for annual audit and reporting of management’s and auditor’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control for banks with $500 million or more in total assets (raised to $1 billion in 2005). We study the impact of these requirements on banks’ risk-taking behavior prior to the recent financial crisis and the consequent implications for bank failure and financial trouble during the crisis period. Using a sample of 1138 banks, we provide evidence that banks required to comply with the FDICIA internal control requirements have lower risk taking in the pre-crisis period. Specifically, the volatility of net interest margin, the volatility of earnings, and Z score show less risk-taking behavior. Furthermore, these banks are less likely to experience failure and financial trouble during the crisis period.
Keywords: FDICIA; Internal controls; Bank risk taking; Bank failure; Bank trouble (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G14 G21 M41 M42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.09.013
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