The Consequences of Post-Crisis Regulatory Architecture for Banks in Central Eastern Europe

Abstract

In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the global banking industry has been undergoing fundamental regulatory changes, imposed by the Basel III Agreement, the 2010 US Dodd-Frank Act and the introduction of a new European supervisory structure. This paper analyses the possible long-term impact of this new regulatory framework on the banking sectors of CEE-5 countries. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the discussion on the anticipated long-term impact of the new regulatory environment for bank stability and efficiency, with a focus on host countries from Central and Eastern Europe. The main research question is whether the post crisis regulatory and supervisory architecture, based on a new macro and micro institutional framework, will have a positive impact on banks in CEE. To answer these questions, we analyse the condition of CEE-5 banking sectors. In particular, we are looking how banks in CEE-5 reacted to two different periods: the pre-crisis period of a dynamic economic and credit market growth and the period of global economic and financial collapse (2008), using DEA methodology, measures of market competitive conditions and bank stability index Z-score.