Research Article

The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis

Volume: 73 Number: 4 November 23, 2018
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The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis

Abstract

This paper empirically analyzes the effects of product (loan), sector and income diversification strategies on the performances and risks of Turkish commercial banks over the period 2005–2016, in which 2008-2009 treated as a crisis period. Profitability is measured by Return on Assets ratio and natural logarithm of Non-performing Loans is used as a proxy of risk. We evaluate the different dimensions of diversification and using the Entropy methodology to distinguish the total diversification into related and unrelated components. Diversification is captured in three broadly defined dimensions: incomes, products and sectors. Then, we associate all dimensions of diversification with bank profitability and risk measures, across banks and in years, via panel data analyses. In this way, the paper aims to provide recent evidence for Turkish banking sector’s diversification strategies and their outcomes. Our findings indicate that, to be especially dominant on the within groups, income and product (loan) diversification increase return on assets while decreasing loan losses; sectoral diversification decreases profits, but increases risk.

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References

  1. Referans 1 Aleskerov, Fuad., Hasan Ersel and Mercan (2001), “Structural Dissimilarity in Turkish Banks 1988- 1999”, Bogazici Journal Review of Social Economic and Administrative Studies, 15 (1): 57-69.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

November 23, 2018

Submission Date

May 30, 2018

Acceptance Date

September 24, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 73 Number: 4

APA
Çınar, Y., Gürsel, G., & Tuzcu, S. E. (2018). The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 73(4), 1141-1168. https://doi.org/10.1501/SBFder_0000002529
AMA
1.Çınar Y, Gürsel G, Tuzcu SE. The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis. SBF Dergisi. 2018;73(4):1141-1168. doi:10.1501/SBFder_0000002529
Chicago
Çınar, Yetkin, Gökçe Gürsel, and Sevgi Eda Tuzcu. 2018. “The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 73 (4): 1141-68. https://doi.org/10.1501/SBFder_0000002529.
EndNote
Çınar Y, Gürsel G, Tuzcu SE (November 1, 2018) The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 73 4 1141–1168.
IEEE
[1]Y. Çınar, G. Gürsel, and S. E. Tuzcu, “The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis”, SBF Dergisi, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 1141–1168, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.1501/SBFder_0000002529.
ISNAD
Çınar, Yetkin - Gürsel, Gökçe - Tuzcu, Sevgi Eda. “The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 73/4 (November 1, 2018): 1141-1168. https://doi.org/10.1501/SBFder_0000002529.
JAMA
1.Çınar Y, Gürsel G, Tuzcu SE. The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis. SBF Dergisi. 2018;73:1141–1168.
MLA
Çınar, Yetkin, et al. “The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, vol. 73, no. 4, Nov. 2018, pp. 1141-68, doi:10.1501/SBFder_0000002529.
Vancouver
1.Yetkin Çınar, Gökçe Gürsel, Sevgi Eda Tuzcu. The Impacts of Diversification Strategies of Turkish Banks on Their Profitability and Risk: A Panel Data Analysis. SBF Dergisi. 2018 Nov. 1;73(4):1141-68. doi:10.1501/SBFder_0000002529

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