Financial regulation and determinants of bank performance and concentration in Brazil: an econometric analysis for the period 2000-2017.

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Débora Campos de Faria
Paulo Rogério Scarano
Pedro Raffy Vartanian

Abstract

The article aims to identify the role of government regulation for the profitability and market structure of financial institutions. For this, panel data models are estimated, involving all the banks that operated with commercial portfolio in the period between 2000 and 2017. Thus, variables related to government regulation are used as explanatory variables, in addition to those related to bank efficiency and to the macroeconomic environment. The results show that variables directly related to regulation are not statistically significant for bank performance. In this context, the variables related to bank concentration and the efficiency of firms in the sector were significant for bank profitability. Regarding the market structure, the variables related to regulation, such as the "participation of directed credit volume" and the "relevant regulations" were statistically significant, positively impacting the concentration levels of the sector. The results also suggest that, although it does not directly affect the profitability of the sector, regulation interferes indirectly in this aspect, by contributing to a greater market concentration.

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Revista de Defesa da Concorrência
Author Biographies

Débora Campos de Faria, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Mestra em Economia e Mercados pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.

Paulo Rogério Scarano, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Professor Doutor do Mestrado Profissional em Economia e Mercados da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.

Pedro Raffy Vartanian, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Professor Doutor do Mestrado Profissional em Economia e Mercados da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.