Regulatory Distortions in a Competitive Financial Services Industry

This paper focusses on the interaction between regulation and competition in a simple industrial organization model. We analyze how regulation affects the profitability of financial institutions. We find that information asymmetries impose a heavy regulatory burden on the higher-quality banks, highlighting the importance of fine-tuning regulation. Our other main results point at the importance of a level playing field.     

Trade in Financial Services and Capital Movements

International financial liberalization may alter saving–investment imbalances and patterns of capital flows across countries. Using a panel of OECD countries for 1990–1996, I examine how the liberalization of capital movements and financial services trade affects net private capital flows. Capital inflows tend to fall (rise) with the liberalization of commercial presence in banking and securities (insurance) services, possibly reflecting an increase (decrease) in saving. I find that capital account liberalization stimulates capital inflows, suggesting that better access to external financing helps sustain larger current account deficits. When cross-border trade is liberalized, capital inflows change insignificantly.     

Potential Competitive Effects of Basel II on Banks in SME Credit Markets in the United States

We examine the likely competitive effects of implementation of Basel II capital requirements on banks in the market for credit to SMEs in the U.S. Similar competitive effects from Basel II may occur for other credits and financial instruments in the U.S. and other nations. We address whether reduced risk weights for SME credits extended by large banking organizations that adopt the Advanced Internal Ratings-Based (A-IRB) approach of Basel II might significantly adversely affect the competitive positions of other organizations. The analyses suggest only relatively minor competitive effects on most community banks because the large A-IRB adopters tend to make very different types of SME loans to different types of borrowers than community banks. However, there may be significant adverse effects on the competitive positions of large non-A-IRB banking organizations because the data do not suggest any strong segmentation in SME credit markets among large organizations. JEL classification: G21, G28, G38, L51     

Effects of the New Basel Capital Accord on Bank Capital Requirements for SMEs

Using data from three countries (US, Italy and Australia) and surveying related studies from several other countries in Europe, we investigate the effects of the New Basel Capital Accord on bank capital requirements for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We find that, for all the countries, banks will have significant benefits, in terms of lower capital requirements, when considering small and medium sized firms as retail customers. But they will be obliged to use the Advanced IRB approach and to manage them on a pooled basis. For SMEs as corporate, however, capital requirements will be slightly greater than under the existing Basel I Capital Accord. We believe that most eligible banks will use a blended approach (considering some SMEs as retail and some as corporate). Through a breakeven analysis, we find that for all of our countries, banking organizations will be obliged to classify as retail at least 20% of their SME portfolio in order to maintain the current capital requirement (8%). JEL classification: G21, G28     

银行业国际化进程及其对发展中国家金融市场的影响

在世界经济全球化和金融自由化背景下,银行业国际化进程不断加快,对世界经济产生了深远的影响,以此为线索,本文重点分析了现代银行业国际化的形成、特点及其对发展中国家金融市场的影响,认为全球真正意义上的银行业国际化开始于20世纪50年代末,欧洲和美国的经济背景、欧洲美元市场的兴起、金融创新和金融自由化等因素推动其发展.随着银行业国际化规模不断扩大、国际化步伐不断加快、绩效日趋改善,其对发展中国家银行业效率系统的稳定、货币市场、外汇市场和资本市场等方面的影响加大.     

外资银行进入对我国银行业市场竞争度的影响：基于Panzar-Rosse模型的实证研究

本文采用Panzar-Rosse模型度量了1996年至2006年间我国银行业的市场竞争度,并对外资银行进入程度与市场竞争度的关系进行了经验分析,结果表明,近十年间我国银行业呈现垄断竞争格局,且竞争压力呈上升趋势,这主要归因于银行业市场集中度的下降。外资银行进入程度与银行业市场竞争度呈现U型关系,当前外资银行带来的实际竞争压力还很有限,只有当外资银行进入程度达到并超过一定水平时,才会对我国银行业的市场竞争发挥促进作用。     

中国银行业注资辨析

当前这场国际金融危机下,各国纷纷实施注资行为救助问题银行.而我国政府曾多次向国有银行等金融机构实施过各种形式的注资,中国银行业的注资问题也一直受到了学术界与实务部门的普遍关注.本文旨在从中西方对比的视角,探讨中国银行业注资的背景、方式、期限选择的特殊性所在.     

中国银行业注资辨析

当前这场国际金融危机下,各国纷纷实施注资行为救助问题银行。而我国政府曾多次向国有银行等金融机构实施过各种形式的注资,中国银行业的注资问题也一直受到了学术界与实务部门的普遍关注。本文旨在从中西方对比的视角,探讨中国银行业注资的背景、方式、期限选择的特殊性所在。     

Deposit Insurance, Capital Regulations, and Financial Contagion in Multinational Banks

Abstract:  Banking sector globalization has caused an expansion in foreign-owned bank assets. In this paper we analyse the effects of a MNB's liability structure upon its investment in a foreign country. We develop a model in which capital adequacy requirements introduce some deliberate underinvestment which counters deposit insurance-induced overinvestment. Diversification is unattractive with fixed bank capital requirements, because it reduces the expected value of the deposit insurance net. This effect applies in multinational banks (MNBs), where shocks to the home country economy alter the value of the deposit insurance net and hence affect overseas lending incentives. Thus, MNBs act as a channel for financial contagion. We discuss the policy implications of our results.     

从次贷危机看我国金融衍生市场监管路径的选择

次贷危机爆发后,各国金融监管当局开始重新审视与思考金融监管问题,并开始把金融监管触角延伸到金融产品层面,希望通过加强对金融产品研发、交易和传播链条上每一环节的监控,从源头上控制金融风险的发生与蔓延。基于此,本文重点探讨了金融衍生品与次贷危机的逻辑关系,并从监管层面对危机的爆发进行了相关分析,最后结合我国现状探讨了如何选择监管路径以提高监管能力的问题。     

Competition Between Low and High Quality Products in the Financial Services Market

The deregulation of the financial services markets has introduced many forms of competition. The game-theory model in this paper examines the interaction of firms who share the market by choosing products of different qualities. Such a model might apply to the competition between full-service and discount brokerage firms. The results show how the firms share the market and how the qualities and prices of the products react to changes in exogenous parameters. The low-quality level is more sensitive to changes in market volatility, and the high-quality level is more sensitive to consumer preferences and the cost of information. Assuming a uniform distribution of investor attitudes towards risk, the high-quality firm sells to 52.5% of the market, and the low-quality firm sells to 26.25%. The profit level of the low-quality firm is about 6% of that of the high-quality firm.     

民间资本反哺实业的金融特区构想

在中小企业融资难与民间资本投资无门并存的背景下,引导民间资本反哺实业,为解决民间投资问题、扶持实体经济的发展提供了新思路。本文构想建立金融特区,架构资金融通的桥梁,以引导民间资金投资实体产业;同时,设计多样化的金融手段,打破以往对金融机构营运的限制,以平衡资金供求关系;并实行独特的运行机制,加大对实体产业的经济支持,以提升民间资本服务实体经济的能力,旨在为全国金融改革提供政策建议,从而为国民经济的健康、稳定发展做出贡献。     

Regulatory Capital Arbitrage and the Potential Competitive Impact of Basel II in the Market for Residential Mortgages

U.S. banking regulators have proposed a bifurcated system of capital regulation where the largest, internationally active banking organizations would be subject to significantly more risk sensitive regulatory capital requirements than are currently in place, while most others would remain subject to the current rules. The proposed new capital regime has the potential to affect the competitive landscape among banking institutions, particularly in the area of residential mortgage lending. We analyze the potential competitive effects of the proposed, bifurcated regulatory capital system on competition in the residential mortgage market from the perspective of the theory of regulatory capital arbitrage. We then apply the theory and available evidence to perform some benchmark calculations that suggest a significant, potential shift of market share and income to the largest banking institutions in the mortgage market.

金融服务业集群竞争力评价研究

本文在全面回顾当前不同理论研究文献的基础上,从金融服务业集群竞争力的评价指标体系和评价模型两个层面入手,尝试将现代管理学中常用的模糊评价法和层次分析法有机结合,对金融服务业集群竞争力予以定量化评测和分析,试图解决金融服务业集群评价中的模糊性和不确定性问题,以期对我国金融服务业集群竞争力做出合理评价。     

县域农村银行业金融服务需求匹配度分析--以吉林省辽源市为例

为摸清我省农户、涉农企业银行业服务新需求新趋势,深入分析需求特点和对金融服务满足程度、便利程度,客观评价金融支农支小情况。本文以吉林辽源为例,实地调查了金融服务与需求情况,深入分析了金融服务需求匹配度及原因,并提出对策建议。     

金融周期波动下银行流动性缓冲调整行为研究——来自美国银行业的经验证据

本文研究金融周期波动下银行流动性缓冲的调整行为,并采用1999-2018年美国4 719家银行的季度面板数据进行实证检验.研究结果表明:第一,银行持有流动性缓冲具有明显的顺周期效应;第二,银行业务特征会影响流动性缓冲的周期性调整:核心存款占比越高、贷款承诺越多的银行波动幅度越大;而批发融资占比越高、对证券化依赖程度越深...     

The Earnings of Real Estate Salespersons and Others in the Financial Services Industry

This study explores the determinants of earnings of salespersons in financial services using nationwide data from the 1990 U.S. Census. The study reveals that security and insurance salespersons earn substantially more than do persons in real estate sales. The returns to K through 12 schooling are highest in the insurance and securities areas, while the returns to college are highest in security sales. For males, the returns to graduate education are negative in real estate and insurance. For females in these same areas, returns are large and positive in insurance and negative in real estate. In all areas of financial services, earnings are higher in larger, more wealthy, homogenous cities.     

境外战略投资者参股中资银行与中国金融安全

近期,关于引入境外战略投资者是否会影响中国金融安全的讨论颇多,但研究者在讨论时所使用的金融安全概念较为模糊,不利于正确理解两者之间关系。本文从界定金融安全的概念入手,澄清了金融安全的学术含义及当前人们所关心的金融安全问题,之后对目前引进战略投资者的情况进行介绍,通过对我国的引资政策和相关数据的深度分析得出结论,认为不应该对中国金融安全过分担忧,而阻碍通过引入境外战略投资者促进银行业改革的战略。     

境外战略投资者参股中资银行与中国金融安全

近期，关于引入境外战略投资者是否会影响中国金融安全的讨论颇多，但研究者在讨论时所使用的金融安全概念较为模糊，不利于正确理解两者之间关系。本文从界定金融安全的概念入手，澄清了金融安全的学术含义及当前人们所关心的金融安全问题，之后对目前引进战略投资者的情况进行介绍，通过对我国的引资政策和相关数据的深度分析得出结论，认为不应该对中国金融安全过分担忧，而阻碍通过引入境外战略投资者促进银行业改革的战略。     

A Note on the Earnings of Real Estate Salespersons and others in the Financial Services Industry

The earnings of females in various sales professions are less than their male counterparts. By expanding on the set of variables used by Jud and Winkler we were able to explain a large portion of this differential for most professions. Child rearing and marriage explain much of the differential in income in business sales outside of real estate. These variables fail to explain the remaining large gap in real estate sales, however.