Bank Credit Risk and Credit Information Sharing in Africa: Does Credit Information Sharing Institutions and Context Matter?

dc.contributor.authorKusi, B.A.,
dc.contributor.authorGyeke-Dako, A.,
dc.contributor.authorAgbloyor, E.K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-02T13:55:32Z
dc.date.available2017-11-02T13:55:32Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe study examines credit information sharing through private credit bureaus and public credit registries and their effect on bank credit risk in low and high income countries in Africa. The study covers periods between 2006 and 2012 with 548 bank observations in Africa. Employing a Prais-Winsten panel data estimation, the study established that credit information sharing whether through private credit bureaus or public credit registries reduces bank credit risk in both low and high income countries and Africa as a whole. Further analyses reveal that credit information shared through public credit registries was only negatively and significantly related to bank credit risk when all countries that share credit information through public credit registries are observed as one unit but had no significant effect in low or high income countries. On the contrary, credit information shared through private credit bureaus reported a negative and significant effect on credit risk in low and high income countries as well as all countries that shared information through private credit bureaus. This suggests that credit information shared through private credit bureaus are more robust in dealing with bank credit risk regardless of a banks’ income bracket. Hence, countries that do not share credit information should do so especially through private credit bureaus so as to help reduce bank credit risk regardless of the income bracket differences. Again, governments in Africa must enact laws that expand the coverage and scope of credit information shared so as to enhance the effectiveness of information sharing.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/22473
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCredit information sharingen_US
dc.subjectPrivate credit bureausen_US
dc.subjectPublic credit registriesen_US
dc.subjectBank credit risken_US
dc.subjectIncome bracketsen_US
dc.titleBank Credit Risk and Credit Information Sharing in Africa: Does Credit Information Sharing Institutions and Context Matter?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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