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Table 5 Effect of dividend policy and women in governance system on bank risk-taking: dynamic system GMM estimation

From: Dividend policy framework and bank risk-taking in Africa: do women inclusion in governance system offer new insight?

Variables

Model 12

Bank risk-takingt−1

0.0284*

(0.0128)

Dividend payout decision

2.325**

(1.146)

Dividend yield

1.805**

(0.843)

Independent women on board

0.110***

(0.0393)

Women in ministry

− 0.00194*

(0.000999)

Women in parliament

− 0.0025**

(0.00120)

Bank concentration

− 0.0507***

(0.0184)

Overhead cost

− 1.551***

(0.153)

Credit risk

− 0.257

(0.178)

Capital regulation

− 0.618***

(0.164)

Inflation

− 0.0432

(0.0568)

Foreign bank entry

5.687***

(1.917)

Real GDP per capita

3.520**

(1.475)

Institution

0.204

(0.386)

Constant

46.21***

(7.779)

Time fixed effect

Yes

Country fixed effect

Yes

Observations

328

Number of id

40

No. of instruments

20

AR1

− 3.748***

AR(2)

− 1.062

P-value

0.288

Hansen's test

7.942

P-value

0.377

F-test

129.7

P-value

0.000

Net effect

n.a

  1. Table 5 shows the independent effects of women in governance system and dividend framework on risk-taking of banks. Dependent variable is the Z-score (equals the return on assets plus the capital asset ratio divided by the standard deviation of asset returns
  2. Standard errors in parentheses
  3. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1