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- Martien Lamers (UGent) , Thomas Present (UGent) and Rudi Vander Vennet (UGent)
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- Have euro area banks restored viability in the post-crisis era? We investigate profitability convergence for euro area banks over the period 2009-2020 using the concepts of beta and sigma convergence and a club clustering algorithm. Our evidence is consistent with a slow catch up of the weaker banks, but we also document that better performing banks converge towards a lower profit level, suggesting a 'great convergence' towards the middle. Moreover, we identify a cluster of banks exhibiting dismal profit dynamics, characterized by high cost-to-income and non-performing loans ratios, indicating the need for a restructuring of part of the euro area banking sector.
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- Finance, Euro Area banks, Bank profitability., beta convergence, sigma convergence, Club clustering analysis, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, UNION
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8761327
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- Lamers, Martien, et al. “European Bank Profitability : The Great Convergence?” FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 49, 2022, doi:10.1016/j.frl.2022.103088.
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- Lamers, M., Present, T., & Vander Vennet, R. (2022). European bank profitability : the great convergence? FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103088
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- Lamers, Martien, Thomas Present, and Rudi Vander Vennet. 2022. “European Bank Profitability : The Great Convergence?” FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103088.
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- Lamers, Martien, Thomas Present, and Rudi Vander Vennet. 2022. “European Bank Profitability : The Great Convergence?” FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS 49. doi:10.1016/j.frl.2022.103088.
- Vancouver
- 1.Lamers M, Present T, Vander Vennet R. European bank profitability : the great convergence? FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS. 2022;49.
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- [1]M. Lamers, T. Present, and R. Vander Vennet, “European bank profitability : the great convergence?,” FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 49, 2022.
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