Bank Capital, Adjustment and Ownership: Evidence from China

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Philip Molyneux

University of Sharjah; University of Sharjah - College of Business Administration

Hong Liu

Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics

Chunxia Jiang

University of Aberdeen

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Date Written: July 29, 2014

Abstract

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 nationwide presence. Foreign banks adjust risk-weighted capital towards their optimal targets at a slower speed than domestic banks, while foreign minority ownership speeds up the adjustment process. Capital is positively influenced by asset diversification, profitability and liquidity risk, but negatively affected by bank market power. Capital ratios typically co-move with the business cycle.

Keywords: Banking, Capital, Adjustment, Ownership, China

JEL Classification: G21; G28; C32

Suggested Citation

Molyneux, Philip and Molyneux, Philip and Liu, Hong and Jiang, Chunxia, Bank Capital, Adjustment and Ownership: Evidence from China (July 29, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2473782 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2473782

Philip Molyneux

University of Sharjah ( email )

College of Business Administration
University of Sharjah
Sharjah, Sharjah
United Arab Emirates

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University of Aberdeen ( email )

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