Loan Loss Provisions Practices in Hong Kong Banking System

In the wake of the global financial crisis, the Basel Committee encourages a dynamic provisioning system. Reducing the pro-cyclical effect of loan loss provisioning is a way to achieve this. Therefore, this dissertation’s main objective is to determine if the provisioning system in Hong Kong commerc...

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Main Author: Dong, Mingrui
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30126/
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description In the wake of the global financial crisis, the Basel Committee encourages a dynamic provisioning system. Reducing the pro-cyclical effect of loan loss provisioning is a way to achieve this. Therefore, this dissertation’s main objective is to determine if the provisioning system in Hong Kong commercial banks is pro-cyclical. Based on a sample of 35 commercial banks in Hong Kong ranging a decade from 2005 to 2014, and by applying the methodology of system GMM, this dissertation proves that the provisioning system in Hong Kong tends to follow a pro-cyclical pattern
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spelling nottingham-301262017-10-19T14:52:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30126/ Loan Loss Provisions Practices in Hong Kong Banking System Dong, Mingrui In the wake of the global financial crisis, the Basel Committee encourages a dynamic provisioning system. Reducing the pro-cyclical effect of loan loss provisioning is a way to achieve this. Therefore, this dissertation’s main objective is to determine if the provisioning system in Hong Kong commercial banks is pro-cyclical. Based on a sample of 35 commercial banks in Hong Kong ranging a decade from 2005 to 2014, and by applying the methodology of system GMM, this dissertation proves that the provisioning system in Hong Kong tends to follow a pro-cyclical pattern 2015-09-17 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30126/1/DT%20Mingrui%20Dong.pdf Dong, Mingrui (2015) Loan Loss Provisions Practices in Hong Kong Banking System. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] Loan Loss Provision Hong Kong Bank
spellingShingle Loan Loss Provision
Hong Kong
Bank
Dong, Mingrui
Loan Loss Provisions Practices in Hong Kong Banking System
title Loan Loss Provisions Practices in Hong Kong Banking System
title_full Loan Loss Provisions Practices in Hong Kong Banking System
title_fullStr Loan Loss Provisions Practices in Hong Kong Banking System
title_full_unstemmed Loan Loss Provisions Practices in Hong Kong Banking System
title_short Loan Loss Provisions Practices in Hong Kong Banking System
title_sort loan loss provisions practices in hong kong banking system
topic Loan Loss Provision
Hong Kong
Bank
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30126/