We investigate ownership effects on capital and adjustments speed to the target capital ratio in China from 2000 to 2012 and find that state-owned banks hold higher levels of capital than banks of other ownership types. Foreign banks are more highly capitalized than local non-state banks but...

We investigate ownership effects on capital and adjustments speed to the target capital ratio in China from 2000 to 2012 and find that state-owned banks hold higher levels of capital than banks of other ownership types. Foreign banks are more highly capitalized than local non-state banks but...

We investigate ownership effects on capital adjustment in China from 2000 - 2012 and find that state-owned banks hold higher capital than other ownership types. Foreign banks are more highly capitalized than local non-state banks but under-capitalized compared with bigger non-state banks with a...