Banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the OECD countries

Theoretically, increase in banking competition can provide consumers better accesses to bank loans due to the decrease in costs of financing which can boost the growth. However, with the presence of asymmetric information, mixed results have been found on the effect of banking competition on econom...

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Main Author: Hung, Kwai Him Cedric
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54862/
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description Theoretically, increase in banking competition can provide consumers better accesses to bank loans due to the decrease in costs of financing which can boost the growth. However, with the presence of asymmetric information, mixed results have been found on the effect of banking competition on economic growth. Some suggest that some degree of market power in the banking sector are required to reduce the problem caused by asymmetric information. The banks are more willing to engage a better lending relationship with the clients and provide more loans to the firms which can promote the sectoral growth. This paper review some of the previous literature on related issues and employs panel data to examine the effect of banking competition (proxied by the Lerner index and the Boone indicator) on economic growth with the data of the OECD countries in the years of 2011-2016. No significant relationship between banking competition and economic growth are found within the OECD sample period which may suggest that the effect of banking competition on economic growth are more obvious in the long-run since only data of seven years are included in this paper due to insufficient data on bank financial data.
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spelling nottingham-548622022-11-25T15:42:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54862/ Banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the OECD countries Hung, Kwai Him Cedric Theoretically, increase in banking competition can provide consumers better accesses to bank loans due to the decrease in costs of financing which can boost the growth. However, with the presence of asymmetric information, mixed results have been found on the effect of banking competition on economic growth. Some suggest that some degree of market power in the banking sector are required to reduce the problem caused by asymmetric information. The banks are more willing to engage a better lending relationship with the clients and provide more loans to the firms which can promote the sectoral growth. This paper review some of the previous literature on related issues and employs panel data to examine the effect of banking competition (proxied by the Lerner index and the Boone indicator) on economic growth with the data of the OECD countries in the years of 2011-2016. No significant relationship between banking competition and economic growth are found within the OECD sample period which may suggest that the effect of banking competition on economic growth are more obvious in the long-run since only data of seven years are included in this paper due to insufficient data on bank financial data. 2018-09 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54862/1/Dissertation.pdf Hung, Kwai Him Cedric (2018) Banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the OECD countries. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] Banking; Competition; Market structure; Market power; Economic growth
spellingShingle Banking; Competition; Market structure; Market power; Economic growth
Hung, Kwai Him Cedric
Banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the OECD countries
title Banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the OECD countries
title_full Banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the OECD countries
title_fullStr Banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the OECD countries
title_full_unstemmed Banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the OECD countries
title_short Banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the OECD countries
title_sort banking competition and economic growth: an empirical study on the oecd countries
topic Banking; Competition; Market structure; Market power; Economic growth
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54862/