Foreign Banks and Firms' Export Dynamics: Evidence from China's Banking Reform

Ana Fernandes and Jing-Lin Duanmu
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Jing-Lin Duanmu: Department of Economics, University of Exeter

No 2304, Discussion Papers from University of Exeter, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper investigates how banking integration affects export dynamics. To estimate the causal link, we exploit the phased liberalization of the Chinese banking industry to foreign competition across cities, based on WTO accession commitments, and use transaction-level data for all Chinese exporters. Following deregulation of foreign banks' local-currency lending, the increased local presence of foreign banks from the importing country raises export entry and initial sales to the same country for firms in the city, but has no effect on survival or growth. The effects are significantly more pronounced for firms in industries with less collateralizable assets and those exporting riskier goods. The results uncover particular channels for banking integration to facilitate exports, and are consistent with foreign banks having an informational advantage in screening export projects, relying less on collateral for their lending decisions, and in reducing export risk for firms exporting to the banks' country.

Keywords: banking deregulation; exports; export dynamics; export risk; financial constraints; financial globalization; foreign banks; knowledge spillover; local-currency lending; uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 F14 F36 G20 G28 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-03-14
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