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Testing for Collusion in the Hong Kong Banking Sector

Wong, Jim; Wong, Eric; Fong, Tom; Choi, Ka-fai - Hong Kong Monetary Authority - 2007

This working paper examines the degree of collusion in the banking sector of Hong Kong based on the conjectural variation approach. The results suggest that banks in Hong Kong operated in a competitive fashion in the loan market during the period 1991-2002 with no significant sign of collusion...

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Regulation and Competition in German Banking: An Assessment

Fischer, Karl-Hermann; Pfeil, Christian - Center for Financial Studies - 2003

In Germany a public discussion on the power of banks has been going on for decades now with the term power having at least two meanings. On the one hand, it denotes the power of banks to control public corporations through direct shareholdings or the exercise of proxy votes this is the power of...

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National Champions and the Competitive Structure of the Russian Banking Market

A. Vernikov. - In: VOPROSY ECONOMIKI 3 (2013)

collecting rent that boosts profitability. We suggest that Russia’s industrial policy in banking might be similar to that of …

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Prudential Regulation and Competition in Financial Markets

Ahrend, Rudiger; Arnold, Jens; Murtin, Fabrice - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This paper examines how a range of stability-oriented regulatory policies for banking and insurance are related to selected stability and competition outcomes in these sectors. Based on survey information on financial market regulation, policy indicators for eight areas of prudential banking...

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Determinants of the Performance of Banks in Hong Kong

Wong, Jim - 2007

profitability of a banking market. It found that in Hong Kong's case, market structure, such as market concentration and market … optimise their input mix for producing outputs, is a major determinant of banks' profitability. Since larger banks are found to …-throat price wars …

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The Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Hong Kong

Wong, Jim - 2008

Using the stochastic frontier approach and a panel dataset of retail banks, this paper assesses the cost efficiency of the banking sector in Hong Kong. The average cost inefficiency during the period 1992-2005 is found to be about 15% to 29% of observed total costs, which is largely in line with...

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An empirical investigation of the effects of concentration on profitability among US banks

Fiona, Tregenna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This paper analyses the effects of concentration on profitability in the US banking sector from 1994-2005, using bank … relationship between concentration and profitability. Strong support is found for the Structure-Conduct-Performance hypothesis, as … and specifications, and to various measures of profitability and of concentration. Further analysis sheds light on the …

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What types of banks profit most from fees charged? A cross-country examination of bank-specific and country-level determinants

Tennant, David; Sutherland, Richard - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 49 (2014) C, pp. 178-190

The perception that banks are exploiting customers through their fee-charging practices in a bid to maximize profits, has fuelled widespread public interest in identifying the banks that profit most heavily from fees. Using hierarchical cross-country regression analyses, this paper seeks to...

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Rational Inefficiency and non-performing loans in Chinese Banking: A non-parametric Bootstrapping Approach.

Matthews, Kent Gerard; Guo, Jianguang; Zhang, Nina - Economics Section, Cardiff Business School - 2007

The existing Chinese banking system was born out of a state-planning framework focussed on the funding of state-owned enterprises. Despite the development of a modern banking system, numerous studies of Chinese banking point to its high level of average inefficiency. Much of this inefficiency...

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The consequences of post-crisis regulatory architecture for banks in Central Eastern Europe

Pawłowska, Małgorzata; Miklaszewska, Ewa; … - Narodowy Bank Polski - 2012

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...

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