Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/67424 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Citation: 
[Journal:] The Open Economics Journal [ISSN:] 1874-9194h [Volume:] 1 [Publisher:] Bentham Open [Place:] Sharjah [Year:] 2008 [Pages:] 14-24
Publisher: 
Bentham Open, Sharjah
Abstract: 
More than half of the assets in China's banking system are accounted for by four huge state-owned commercial banks. This paper examines the changing factors influencing these banks' lending behavior over the post-1994 period on a province-by-province basis. Determinants include the concentration of state-owned enterprises, the level of provincial prosperity, deposit levels, and macroeconomic control variables. We confirm a downward trend in the banks' loan-todeposit ratio combined with some (mixed) evidence of more lending to richer provinces over time. SOE lending remained important for at least one of the four banks.
Subjects: 
Chinese banks
lending
state-owned enterprises
provincial income
privatization
World Trade Organization
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