THE IMPACT OF COMPETITION ON CREDIT RISK THE CASE OF VIETNAM COMMERCIAL BANKS Author Phan Tran Minh Hung, Phan Nguyen Bao Quynh Ba Ria Vung Tau; phantranminhhung@gmail com Binh Dinh; quynhpnb2655@gmai[.]
Trang 1THE IMPACT OF COMPETITION ON CREDIT RISK:
THE CASE OF VIETNAM COMMERCIAL BANKS
Author: Phan Tran Minh Hung, Phan Nguyen Bao Quynh
Ba Ria Vung Tau; phantranminhhung@gmail.com Binh Dinh; quynhpnb2655@gmail.com
Abstracts:
This main purpose of this research is to investigate the influence of competition on credit risk in Vietnam commercial banks over the period 2006 - 2016 Both Lerner indicator and Herfindahl Hirschman Index (HHI) are employed to measure competition degree while non-performing loan (hereafter, NPL) ratio is a proxy for credit risk The main results indicate that competition positively impacts on the probability of loan non-payment However, more specifically, expanding lending products also denotes a positive effect on the capability of non-repayment, supported by the “competition - instability” prevalent view Otherwise, we further find strong evidence that the relationship between competition and credit risk is non-linear with U-shape
Key words: Competition; Risk; Credit risk; Lerner index; Commercial banks