The Impact of Financial Liberalization on the Value of the Bank: An Applied study on Iraqi Banks for the Period 2011-2017

Abstract

These aim to measure the impact of financial liberalization on the bank’s value for a sample of Iraqi banks listed on the financial market for the period (2011-2017). Quarterly data was used for a sample consisting of 20 banks to form a dashboard with a total of 560 views per variable. In return, five were used. Variables: (credit growth rate and deposit growth rate) are independent variables that express financial liberalization, (traded value, market value and book value) as dependent variables that express the bank’s accounting and market value, and by using the Panel Least Squares model, it was concluded that financial liberalization has an effect Positive for the value of the bank, and the study recommends that the monetary authorities implement more liberalization accompanied by the use of more stringent supervision tools