Foreign Investment in Chinese Joint Stock Banks: 1996-2006

Abotsi, Kodjo (2007): Foreign Investment in Chinese Joint Stock Banks: 1996-2006.

Abstract

This article reviews the foreign investment in China joint stock banks and analyze the motivations behind these investments. We will start by reviewing the comparative advantage of local joint stock banks as foreign investment recipients, as compared to larger state-owned commercial banks or smaller cities banks; we will then study the effects on efficiency and overall performance of minority foreign investment in joint stock banks in China. Finally, we will try to identify the opportunities that will beneficiate joint stock banks in China after liberalization in 2007, and how foreign banks can make the most of it.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Institution: Fudan University, China
• Language: English
• Keywords: china banking; china finance; investment in china; foreign banks in china; joint stock banks in china
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G0 - General; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance

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