Loan Loss Provision Practices in Hong Kong Banking System during 2005-2011

The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the Hong Kong banking system’s loan loss provisioning behaviour from 2005 to 2011. This research was based on a review of relevant literature and an empirical research undertake by a quantitative analysis through GMM estimation. The findings show that t...

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Main Author: Ding, Huifei
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26004/
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spelling nottingham-260042017-10-19T13:16:40Z http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26004/ Loan Loss Provision Practices in Hong Kong Banking System during 2005-2011 Ding, Huifei The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the Hong Kong banking system’s loan loss provisioning behaviour from 2005 to 2011. This research was based on a review of relevant literature and an empirical research undertake by a quantitative analysis through GMM estimation. The findings show that the Hong Kong banks’ loan loss provisions are strongly affected by the business cycle, show a procyclical trend. This suggests that when the business cycle falls, the Hong Kong banks becoming increased riskiness. In addition, there have no sign could support Hong Kong banks using loan loss provisions to smooth earnings. Key words: loan loss provisions, procyclical, business cycle, earnings smoothing 2012-09-21 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26004/1/dissertation_1_%5BHK%5D.pdf Ding, Huifei (2012) Loan Loss Provision Practices in Hong Kong Banking System during 2005-2011. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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description The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the Hong Kong banking system’s loan loss provisioning behaviour from 2005 to 2011. This research was based on a review of relevant literature and an empirical research undertake by a quantitative analysis through GMM estimation. The findings show that the Hong Kong banks’ loan loss provisions are strongly affected by the business cycle, show a procyclical trend. This suggests that when the business cycle falls, the Hong Kong banks becoming increased riskiness. In addition, there have no sign could support Hong Kong banks using loan loss provisions to smooth earnings. Key words: loan loss provisions, procyclical, business cycle, earnings smoothing
format Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
author Ding, Huifei
spellingShingle Ding, Huifei
Loan Loss Provision Practices in Hong Kong Banking System during 2005-2011
author_facet Ding, Huifei
author_sort Ding, Huifei
title Loan Loss Provision Practices in Hong Kong Banking System during 2005-2011
title_short Loan Loss Provision Practices in Hong Kong Banking System during 2005-2011
title_full Loan Loss Provision Practices in Hong Kong Banking System during 2005-2011
title_fullStr Loan Loss Provision Practices in Hong Kong Banking System during 2005-2011
title_full_unstemmed Loan Loss Provision Practices in Hong Kong Banking System during 2005-2011
title_sort loan loss provision practices in hong kong banking system during 2005-2011
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26004/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26004/1/dissertation_1_%5BHK%5D.pdf
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