The economic effects of foreign bank presence: Evidence from the Philippines

This study examines the economic effects of the liberalization of foreign bank entry in the Philippines from 1990 to 2006. The findings provide strong evidence on the dominance of competition effects from foreign bank presence which lead to the reduction in the profitability and overhead costs of domestic commercial banks. These findings, which reveal that both the actual market penetration and mere presence of foreign banks seem to exert competitive pressure to domestic banks, imply that foreign banks may serve as an effective competitive force, reducing the excess profits earned by domestic banks and compelling domestic banks to update their production technologies and techniques to improve their cost efficiency.From a policy perspective, the findings on competition effects of foreign banks in the domestic banking system justify the liberalization of foreign bank entry in the Philippines. The main findings demonstrate that the goal of banking liberalization in transforming domestic banks to be more competitive and efficient works considerably well in the case of the Philippines. Aside from the policy of easing the entry of foreign banks, bank-specific conditions can have significant impact on the performance of domestic banks. Therefore, a sustained improvement in the efficiency of domestic commercial banks requires not only liberalizing the entry of foreign banks, but also on continued strengthening of domestic prudential regulation and supervision on the commercial banking system.     

中国银行业的专利信息及专利发展

检索中国银行业1985~2012年三类专利(发明专利、实用新型专利和外观设计专利)的申请总量、申请年度趋势、主要银行申请数量、专利发明人数、专利涉及的主要IPC分类号等信息,考量中国银行业的专利发展整体状况,特别是最具技术创新代表性的发明专利,结果显示:外资银行比内资银行更注重发明专利,外资银行发明专利的发展比内资银行起步要早,但发展较平缓;内资银行发明专利发展较快,申请数量高于外资银行。鉴此,中国银行业需加大对发明专利的研发投入,培养科技创新人才,提升专利发明质量。     

入世后加强我国外资银行监管工作的设想

入世后，外资银行的大量涌入对我国的金融监管提出了更高的要求。那么应如何加强对我国外资银行的监管?本主要从监管工作的三个具体内容一市场准入、业务经营和监管方法及手段一提出了加强外资银行监管工作的设想。     

广东银行业面临的外资银行竞争及对策研究

加入WTO后,外资银行加快了在广东市场的布局,机构数和资产规模逐年增长.外资银行在广东的大力发展对广东本地的中资银行在中间业务、客户以及人才等方面带来极大的挑战和竞争.中资银行要采取各种措施积极应对,才能在竞争中处于不败之地.     

Does the expansion of regional cross-border banks affect competition in Africa? Indirect evidence

This article investigates how bank competition has evolved in Africa following the recent penetration and expansion of regional cross-border banks over the past decade. We examine changes in competition in the banking industry of seven African countries highly affected by this recent phenomenon. The evolution of competition is evaluated through three different non-structural measures of competition (Lerner index, Panzar–Rosse model, and Boone indicator). With the exception of results from the Lerner index, our findings show an intensification of competition since the mid-2000s. This period corresponds to the rapid expansion of regional cross-border banks in the zone, indicating that this expansion has promoted competition in banking sectors in Africa.     

外资银行进入对我国银行业影响的实证研究

本文通过实证检验,分析了外资银行进入对我国国內银行绩效影响的短期效应,并同其它发展中国家的情况进行了对比研究。计量结果表明,由于我国经济金融体制上的固有特点,我国银行业绩效在面临外资竞争时,也表现出了较大的不同。     

境外战略投资者与中资银行创新能力——基于中国73家商业银行面板数据的实证分析

金融创新是中资银行提高盈利水平、增强国际竞争力的重要途径。本文利用中国银行业2002年至2008年的面板数据,选取中间业务收入作为银行创新能力的度量指标,实证检验了战略引资这种以开放促改革的模式对中资银行创新能力的影响。研究结果表明,引进境外战略投资者在短期内显著提高了中资银行的创新能力。本文进一步分析了战略引资影响中资银行创新能力的渠道和作用机制。     

The determinants of global bank lending: Evidence from bilateral cross-country data

This paper finds that factors determined outside of a country, at the quarterly frequency and especially after 2008, are more closely related to the global bank loans it receives. These loans are generally more stable when global banks face more competition and have a higher presence in the recipient country. We obtain our results by using bilateral lending data from 15 countries and a unique methodology to identify and compare the independent effects of external and internal factors. We identify theoretical mechanisms that can explain our empirical findings and draw more detailed inferences for competition and global bank presence by solving a simple model of global banking.     

外资保险公司进入中国的效应分析与政策选择

加入WTO以来,外资保险公司在中国保险市场加速扩张,以保费收入年均超过50%的速度高速增长.在中国这样新兴加转轨市场中以及外资保险公司进入的溢出效应初步实现的背景下,本文分析了外资保险在中国的经营状况和竞争策略,重新审视了外资保险公司进入对中国保险业发展带来的积极效应和新问题,并提出了在开放经济的视角下对外资保险机构的进入与发展应该实施怎样的制度安排.     

Is spin-off policy an effective way to improve performance of Islamic banks? Evidence from Indonesia

Indonesia has adopted a dual banking system in which both conventional and Islamic banks operate. Most of the sharia-based banks, however, are still operating Islamic windows within their conventional entity. To strengthen the role of Islamic banking in the intermediation system, the government issued Islamic Banking Law No. 21/2008 to encourage Islamic windows of conventional banks to become a legal entity separate from their parent company. Because some Islamic windows have spun off in this fashion, we can employ a difference-in-difference approach to examine the effect of such a spin-off on Islamic banks’ performance, efficiency, and risk. Our study covers all Islamic commercial banks (including Islamic windows of conventional banks) in Indonesia from 2008–2019. We find that the performance and efficiency of full-fledged Islamic banks are significantly lower compared with Islamic windows of conventional banks. Moreover, our results show that financing risk increases after the spin-off. The inferior performance of full-fledged Islamic banks persists for four years after the spin-off. We also find that a conversion strategy results in better outcomes, particularly for profitability and efficiency, than a pure spin-off strategy.     

Entry mode choice of multinational banks

When expanding abroad, a multinational bank faces a trade-off between accessing a foreign country via cross border lending or financial foreign direct investment, i.e. greenfield or acquisition entry. We analyze the entry mode choice of multinational banks and explicitly derive the entry mode pattern in the banking industry. Moreover, we show that in less developed banking markets, a trend towards cross border lending and acquisition entry exists. Greenfield entry prevails in more developed markets. Furthermore, we identify a tendency towards acquisition entry in smaller host countries and towards greenfield entry in larger host countries.     

科学认识竞争力比较分析 努力提升中国银行业竞争力

在银行竞争力的比较研究中,采用不同的技术方法会导致结果迥异,因此银行竞争力比较应注意研究方法的局限性。实际上,国有商业银行在资产规模、抗风险能力、市场影响力、商誉及网络技术等方面的现实竞争力具有明显优势,但由于历史和体制原因,在公司治理、资本充足率、资产质量及安全、盈利能力等方面的竞争力处于相对劣势。随着国有商业银行的股份制改革,公司治理结构正在不断完善,国有商业银行的竞争力正在不断加强。科学认识银行竞争力,面对竞争,抓住机遇,加快改革,不断提升中国银行业的整体竞争力水平,将是对银行竞争力比较研究的最终归宿。     

国有商业银行经营转型研究

国有商业银行普遍进入了加快建设现代商业银行的关键时期,迫切需要对自身经营模式和增长方式进行重新定位,以更好地适应外部经济金融环境的变化和自身进一步发展的需要,在新一轮国际竞争中保持持续、稳步、健康地发展.本文详细分析了国际银行业经营转型的背景,总结了国有商业银行转型的内涵、方向和特点,在此基础上详细论证了国有商业银行经营转型的迫切性和必要性,提出了确保国有商业银行经营转型目标实现的主要策略和措施,即加快推进理念转型、业务转型、流程转型和管理转型.     

国有商业银行经营转型研究

国有商业银行普遍进入了加快建设现代商业银行的关键时期，迫切需要对自身经营模式和增长方式进行重新定位，以更好地适应外部经济金融环境的变化和自身进一步发展的需要，在新一轮国际竞争中保持持续、稳步、健康地发展。本文详细分析了国际银行业经营转型的背景，总结了国有商业银行转型的内涵、方向和特点，在此基础上详细论证了国有商业银行经营转型的迫切性和必要性，提出了确保国有商业银行经营转型目标实现的主要策略和措施，即加快推进理念转型、业务转型、流程转型和管理转型。     

Does bank ownership affect lending behavior? Evidence from the Euro area

We analyze the differences in lending policies across banks characterized by different types of ownership, using micro-level data on Euro area banks during the period 1999–2011 to detect possible variations in bank lending supply responses to changes in monetary policy. Our results identify a general difference between stakeholder and shareholder banks: following a monetary policy contraction, stakeholder banks decrease their loan supply to a lesser extent than shareholder banks. A detailed analysis of the effect among stakeholder banks reveals that cooperative banks continued to smooth the impact of tighter monetary policy on their lending during the crisis period (2008–2011), whereas savings banks did not. Stakeholder banks’ propensity to smooth their lending cycles suggests that their presence in the economy has the potential to reduce credit supply volatility.     

关于把商业银行建成精品银行的战略思考

本文结合国内外商业银行发展的新趋势,归纳了精品银行的基本特征.作者通过深入分析中国商业银行在发展战略、公司治理、资产质量、经营效益、金融创新、人力资源和银行文化等方面存在的问题,有针对性地提出了中国商业银行在推进精品银行建设过程中需要采取的战略性措施,包括:构建具有领先型、竞争型和可持续型的发展战略;不断改进和完善公司治理结构;打造具有竞争力的核心业务和优势业务,推进业务流程再造;建立全面、及时、审慎、有效的风险管理系统,不断提高风险集中管理能力;坚持以人为本,构建先进的人力资源管理与开发体系,提升人力资本在建设精品银行中的决定性作用.     

外资银行的中国战略研究

在中国加入WT0后银行业对外开放的背景下,外资银行对中国银行业的影响范围和深度都逐渐加大.本文分析了外资银行的中国战略及其对中资银行的影响,认为:一方面,中资银行应对外资银行在华的发展现状及其动态进行深入研究,并对其市场进入战略、客户与业务拓展战略、地域拓展战略以及竞争与合作战略采取积极的对策;另一方面,从中国金融体系的高度出发,外资银行的中国战略顺利实施及其在中国的进一步扩张,在某种程度上是符合中国银行业未来发展趋势的,有利于增强中国金融体系的稳定性和竞争力.