scholarly journals The profitability of Chinese banks: impacts of risk, competition and efficiency

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Tan ◽  
Christos Floros ◽  
John Anchor
Keyword(s):  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Liquidity Risk ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Bank Profitability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Insolvency Risk ◽  
Chinese Banking Industry ◽  
Chinese Banking

Purpose This study aims to test the impacts of risk-taking behaviour, competition and cost efficiency on bank profitability in China. Design/methodology/approach A two-step generalized method of moments system estimator is used to examine the impacts of risk, competition and cost efficiency on profitability of a sample of Chinese commercial banks over the period 2003-2013. Findings The paper finds that credit risk, liquidity risk, capital risk, security risk and insolvency risk significantly influence the profitability of Chinese commercial banks. To be more specific, credit risk is significantly and negatively related to bank profitability; liquidity risk is significantly and positively related to return on assets (ROA) and net interest margin (NIM) but negatively related to return on equity (ROE); capital risk has a significant and negative impact on ROA and NIM but a positive impact on ROE; there is a significant and negative impact of security risk on bank profitability (ROA and NIM). It is found that Chinese commercial banks with higher levels of insolvency risk have higher profitability (ROA and ROE). Finally, higher competition leads to lower profitability in the Chinese banking industry, and Chinese commercial banks with higher levels of cost efficiency have lower ROA. In other words, the structure–conduct–performance paradigm rather than the efficient–structure paradigm holds in the Chinese banking industry. Originality/value This is the first paper to investigate the impact of different types of risk, including credit risk, liquidity risk, capital risk, security risk and insolvency risk, on bank profitability. This is the first study which uses more accurate measurements of efficiency and competition compared to previous Chinese banking profitability literature and which tests their impact on bank profitability. The findings not only provide a general picture on the risk, efficiency and competition conditions in the Chinese banking industry, but also give valuable information to the Chinese Government and to the banking regulatory authorities to make relevant policies.

scholarly journals Does competition only impact on insolvency risk? New evidence from the Chinese banking industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Tan ◽  
John Anchor
Keyword(s):  
Credit Risk ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Liquidity Risk ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Insolvency Risk ◽  
Chinese Banking Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chinese Banking

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of competition on credit risk, liquidity risk, capital risk and insolvency risk in the Chinese banking industry during the period 2003-2013. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a generalized method of moments system estimator to examine the impact of competition on risk. In particular, translog specifications are used to measure the competition and insolvency risk. Findings The results show that greater competition within each bank ownership type (state-owned commercial banks, joint-stock commercial banks and city commercial banks) leads to higher credit risk, higher liquidity risk, higher capital risk, but lower insolvency risk. Originality/value This paper is the first piece of research testing the impact of competition on different types of risk in banking industry and it further contributes to the empirical literature by using a more accurate competition indicator (efficiency-adjusted Lerner index) and a more precise insolvency risk indicator (stability inefficiency).

scholarly journals Risk, competition, efficiency and its interrelationships: evidence from the Chinese banking industry

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Tan ◽  
Vincent Charles ◽  
Doha Belimam ◽  
Shabbir Dastgir
Keyword(s):  
Credit Risk ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Bank Competition ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Chinese Banking Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chinese Banking

PurposeThis study investigates the interrelationships between efficiency, competition and risk in the Chinese banking industry.Design/methodology/approachParametric stochastic frontier analysis is used to estimate bank efficiency; the Lerner index is used as the competition indicator; accounting ratios and a translog function are used to measure different types of risk and finally, the three-stage least square estimator is used to investigate the interrelationships.FindingsThe results of this study show that the impact of competition on different types of risk is significant and positive, while there is a significant and positive impact of credit risk, liquidity risk and capital risk on bank competition. In addition, the findings demonstrate that the interrelationships between efficiency and competition are significant and negative. The authors do not find any robust interrelationships between different types of risk and different types of efficiency; the authors find that diversification and higher levels of profitability reduce bank credit risk. The results suggest that a higher developed banking sector reduces the level of bank competition in China.Originality/valueThis is the first piece of research that comprehensively investigates the interrelationships between different types of risk, competition and different efficiencies in China.

Re-examining the determinants of bank profitability in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 633-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Segun Thompson Bolarinwa ◽  
Olufemi Bodunde Obembe ◽  
Clement Olaniyi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Standard Measure ◽  
Bank Profitability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Managerial Efficiency

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the determinants of bank profitability in Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigates the effect of managerial cost efficiency on bank profitability. Also, since there exist mixed results and controversies in the literature, in both developed and developing countries, regarding the effect of efficiency on bank profitability, this study employs the standard measure of efficiency. In addition, the work incorporates the role of persistence, which is often neglected in the literature in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach This study employs system generalized method of moments. Findings The findings, using the case of Nigeria, show that cost efficiency is a strong determinant of bank profitability in developing countries. In addition, the profitability of banks in Nigeria persists over time; hence, the industry is fairly competitive. Research limitations/implications The recent policies of banking industry recapitalization meant to increase profitability and stability in Nigeria and other African countries’ banking industry will not be effective if the issue of managerial efficiency is not properly addressed. Practical implications Improving the banking managerial efficiency will positively reduce bad loans, hence leading to the stability in the banking system. Originality/value The authors introduce efficiency using standard measure of stochastic frontier analysis for its measurement. Also, this study introduces the role of persistence in the literature in developing countries.

scholarly journals Determinants of economic value added (EVA) in Chinese listed banks

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-613
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Ahmed Aboud
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Performance Evaluation Model ◽  
Chinese Banking Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chinese Banking

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of the EVA performance evaluation model for the Chinese banking industry. The authors investigate the impact of six bank-specific factors and corporate governance factors on financial performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors use the ordinary least square regression to examine the determinants of the EVA performance evaluation model for the Chinese banking industry. The findings are generally robust to alternative proxies of performance. Findings The empirical results indicate that credit risk, operational efficiency and the degree of innovation are positively related to banks’ EVA while capital management has a negative impact on it. In addition, although board size and independent directors are not related to the bank’s EVA, from the perspective of the traditional performance evaluation indicators, executive compensation has a positive impact on the bank’s profitability. Research limitations/implications This paper has some limitations. First, due to the large number of adjustments to accounting items are required in the application of EVA when evaluating business performance, some items of the EVA model in this paper have been simplified, which may cause the bank’s EVA value to deviate slightly from the actual situation. Moreover, the sample includes only listed banks, so our results cannot generalize to non-listed banks, such as some small- and medium-sized commercial banks. Originality/value This paper contributes to the limited body of literature concerning the use and the determinants of EVA in emerging markets. The authors construct an EVA model which is suitable for China’s banks and reports comprehensive evidence on the drivers of EVA as a measurement tool.

scholarly journals Stability and profitability in the Chinese banking industry: evidence from an auto-regressive-distributed linear specification

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 120-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Tan ◽  
John Anchor
Keyword(s):  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Least Square ◽  
System Gmm ◽  
Auto Regressive ◽  
The Government ◽  
Chinese Banking Industry ◽  
Chinese Banking

The important role played by the Chinese commercial banks in the development of China’s economy has made the government and banking regulatory authority concerned about the performance of these banks.Indeedthe stability of the banking sector has attracted greater attention since the financial crisis of 2007-2009. The principal objective of this study is to investigate the inter-relationships between profitability and stability in the Chinese banking industry. Using a sample of Chinese commercial banks over the period 2003-2013, the study examines the inter-relationships under an auto-regressive-distributed linear model. Both Z-score and stability inefficiency were used as measures of stability, while Return on Assets (ROA) was used as the indicator of profitability. Different types of Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimators including difference GMM, one-step system GMM, two-step system GMM as well as two-step robust GMM were used. In order to the check the robustness of the results, alternative econometric techniques were used, such as ordinary least square (OLS) estimator, between effect estimator, as well as fixed effect estimator. The results show that higher insolvency risk/lower bank stability leads to higher profitability of Chinese commercial banks and also that higher profitability leads to higher bank fragility. Keywords: bank profitability, bank risk, China. JEL classification: G21, C23

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