Ownership concentration and bank profitability in China

Qiubin Huang

Economics Letters, 2020, vol. 196, issue C

Abstract: Ownership concentration is an important mechanism of corporate governance, but its effect on corporate performance is ambiguous. Based on a sample of Chinese listed banks, we find that ownership concentration is positively associated with bank profitability during the 2007–2018 period, and the association is negatively moderated by bank size. An important policy implication is that banks may build a concentrated ownership structure to enhance their profitability.

Keywords: Ownership concentration; Bank profitability; Bank size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 G28 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109525

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