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Bank profitability and GDP growth in China: a note

Yong Tan (y.tan9@bradford.ac.uk) and Christos Floros

Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2012, vol. 10, issue 3, 267-273

Abstract: This article examines the effect of GDP growth on bank profitability in China over the period 2003--2009. The one-step system GMM estimator is used to test the persistence of profitability in the Chinese banking industry. The empirical findings suggest that cost efficiency is positively related to bank profitability, while lower profitability can also be explained by higher taxes paid by banks. In addition, there is a negative relationship between GDP growth and bank profitability. Furthermore, the results show that (1) the profitability in the Chinese banking industry is significantly affected by the level of non-performing loans, and (2) Chinese banks with higher levels of capital have lower profitability. Finally, we find that the departure from a perfectly competitive market structure in the Chinese banking industry is relatively small.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/14765284.2012.703541

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