Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/212624 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
BOFIT Discussion Papers No. 11/2008
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki
Abstract: 
We find empirical evidence that the Chinese banking system has benefited from the entry of foreign investors through higher profitability and increased efficiency of the banking system. Foreign participation, which consists of a minority stake in a Chinese bank (in con-trast to the typical pattern in emerging countries), appears to be most effective when the foreign bank acts as a strategic investor. Purely financial investors contribute little, if any-thing, to bank performance.
Subjects: 
China
banking system
foreign participation
JEL: 
G21
G28
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-952-462-913-3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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