An Empirical Analysis of Profitability Determinants and Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in China

Abstract During the period 2009-2014, the overall performance of China’s banking sector is decline. The recession is mainly due to the international and Chinese economic turmoil. The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of profitability and cost efficiency for 30 commercial bank...

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Main Author: Fu, Rong
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29915/
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description Abstract During the period 2009-2014, the overall performance of China’s banking sector is decline. The recession is mainly due to the international and Chinese economic turmoil. The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of profitability and cost efficiency for 30 commercial banks operating in China during the examination period 2009-2014. Under the estimation of GMM, all bank-specific determinants have a positive relationship with bank performance, while all macroeconomic factors are negatively correlated with profitability. Cost efficiency, which is one of the essential determinants of interpreting bank profitability estimated by SFA shows a decline over time.
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spelling nottingham-299152017-10-12T13:11:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29915/ An Empirical Analysis of Profitability Determinants and Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in China Fu, Rong Abstract During the period 2009-2014, the overall performance of China’s banking sector is decline. The recession is mainly due to the international and Chinese economic turmoil. The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of profitability and cost efficiency for 30 commercial banks operating in China during the examination period 2009-2014. Under the estimation of GMM, all bank-specific determinants have a positive relationship with bank performance, while all macroeconomic factors are negatively correlated with profitability. Cost efficiency, which is one of the essential determinants of interpreting bank profitability estimated by SFA shows a decline over time. 2015-09-10 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29915/1/Final%20draft.docx Fu, Rong (2015) An Empirical Analysis of Profitability Determinants and Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in China. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
spellingShingle Fu, Rong
An Empirical Analysis of Profitability Determinants and Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in China
title An Empirical Analysis of Profitability Determinants and Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in China
title_full An Empirical Analysis of Profitability Determinants and Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in China
title_fullStr An Empirical Analysis of Profitability Determinants and Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in China
title_full_unstemmed An Empirical Analysis of Profitability Determinants and Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in China
title_short An Empirical Analysis of Profitability Determinants and Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in China
title_sort empirical analysis of profitability determinants and cost efficiency of commercial banks in china
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29915/