Kurdish Studies

ISSN: 2051-4883 | e-ISSN: 2051-4891
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The Impact of Oil Revenues on Banks’ Performance and Loan Quality: The Case of Saudi Banks

Dr. Salah Ahmed Oraby
Associate Professor, Accounting Department, Faculty of Financial and Administrative Sciences, Saudi Electronic University
Keywords: Share Price- Return on Equity- Non-Performing Loans- GDP – Panel Data.

Abstract

The study aimed to analyze the impact of oil revenues on the performance and the quality of the loan portfolio of banks registered on the Saudi capital market (TASI) for the period 2013-2022. The study used the panel data approach with the least squared regression models and fixed-effect regression models to analyze the data and test the study’s hypotheses. The results indicated that oil revenues had no direct impacts on the accounting -based indicators However, oil revenues had positive impacts on market -based indicator. In addition, oil revenues did not have direct impacts, on average, on the quality of loans. However, negative oil prices had direct impacts on the decline of the loan quality. Moreover, oil revenues had direct and positive impacts on the gross domestic production, which channeled the impacts of oil revenues to accounting-based performance indicators. The results of the study added to the current literature as it investigated the impacts of oil prices from different perspectives and the study explained the way oil revenues have affected the performance of banks. Therefore, the results of the study have positive benefits to several stakeholders including not limited to bank management and policy makers as it helps them understand the way oil revenues affect bank performance.

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