Financial Fragility of Banks In Vietnam: The Role of Revenue Diversification and National Governance Quality

Abstract

Abstract-This paper investigates the effects of revenue diversification and national governance quality on the financial fragility of 31 commercial banks in Vietnam over the period 2005 -2016. By using an unbalanced panel data and employing GMM estimator, this study"s empirical findings show that an increase in revenue diversification is associated with a rise in bank financial fragility. Meanwhile, a higher in national governance quality drives to lower in financial fragility of Vietnam banks. This study analyses further from the interaction between diversification and national governance quality indicators show that most indicators of Vietnam governance quality tend to play an important role in relationship between diversification and bank financial fragility.