Efficiency amongst China's banks
A DEA analysis five years after WTO entry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12917890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Laurenceson (0000-0002-3991-0082, The University of Queensland, corresponding author), Yong Zhao (0000-0003-1926-9731, Renmin University of China) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 275-285 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | China Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-8963 • E-ISSN: 1753-8971 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17538960802567719 |
| OpenAlex | W2171465976 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
WTO entry in 2001 heralded a new stage in the reform of China's banking sector. With the reality that foreign banks would be extended national treatment by the end of 2006, China's banks faced the imperative to reform in earnest. They began reforms from a variety of different starting points and have pursued a variety of different reform approaches. Five years on, this paper assesses efficiency levels in 11 of China's most prominent banks. The results, obtained using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), suggest that differences in efficiency levels are actually quite small. On the one hand, this finding is encouraging because it suggests that few of China's major banks lag behind the pack. On the other hand, it also implies that efficiency levels almost certainly do lag in China's less prominent banks, which together still account for more than 40% of total banking system assets
Banking industry · Business · China · Data envelopment analysis · Economics · Financial system · International economics · International trade · Lag · Political science · Time lag · Variety (cybernetics · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |