Bank profitability and the bank lending channel: Evidence from China

Hiroshi Gunji and Yuan Yuan

Journal of Asian Economics, 2010, vol. 21, issue 2, 129-141

Abstract: This paper uses bank-level data to investigate whether the impact of monetary policy on bank lending depends on the characteristics of Chinese banks during the period 1985-2007. We find that the impact of monetary policy on lending is weaker for larger banks and banks with lower levels of liquidity, and that banks' responses to monetary policy do not necessarily vary according to their capital. Further, to identify the bank lending channel more clearly, we test whether the impact of monetary policy varies according to profitability. The results show that profitable banks tend to be less sensitive to monetary policy, because when tight monetary policy leads to a fall in deposits, less profitable banks face a higher cost of capital.

Keywords: Monetary; policy; Bank; lending; channel; China; Panel; data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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