[pt] A atual literatura empírica sobre a entrada de bancos estrangeiros e seus efeitos nos mercados domésticos e diversos estudos de casos conduzidos em diferentes países demonstram que a entrada de bancos estrangeiros em mercados domésticos provoca impactos negativos na performance dos bancos nacionais. Basicamente, por força do aumento da estrutura de concorrência no mercado e por práticas bancárias superiores introduzidas pelos bancos estrangeiros, os bancos domésticos são obrigados a reduzir suas margens (spread) e níveis de rentabilidade, a aumentar a oferta de crédito, a melhorar sua eficiência operacional e a aumentar o risco de crédito, entendido pelo aumento das provisões para inadimplência. Utilizando dados bancários de 11 bancos privados nacionais brasileiros para períodos semestrais de dezembro/1994 a dezembro/2002 e conduzindo regressões em painel e regressões lineares multivariadas para os dados agregados da amostra, o estudo busca evidenciar a existência de uma relação estatisticamente significante entre as variáveis de desempenho e a entrada dos bancos estrangeiros. Contradizendo a evidência empírica apresentada pela literatura internacional, este trabalho demonstra que, no Brasil, a entrada dos bancos estrangeiros estimulada pela liberalização da economia e da legislação após o plano Real, teve pouca influência no desempenho dos bancos privados nacionais. Os resultados estatísticos sugerem que um aumento da participação de bancos estrangeiros acarreta maior rentabilidade, menor eficiência operacional e aumento do risco de crédito para os bancos privados nacionais. / [en] Current empirical literature concerning foreign bank entry and case studies conducted in different countries, shows that the foreign bank entry causes negative impact on their domestic competitors performance. Basically, due to the improvement of the competitive market structure and better banking practices introduced by foreign banks, the domestic competitors are compelled to reduce their level of profitability and net interest margin (spreads), enlarge their credit intermediation, improve their operational efficiency, and increase their amount of risk, resulting in higher loan loss provisioning. By using semestral data from 11 private Brazilian banks during the period of 1994 - 2002, and conducting panel regressions and linear multivariate regression for the aggregate data of the sample, this work aims at offering evidence of a statistic relationship between the extent of foreign entry and ownership in the Brazilian private banking performance. This work show that in Brazil, the foreign bank entry, stimulated by the economic liberalization of the Real Plan and reforms taken under the legislative framework, had little impact on the Brazilian private bank performance, which contradicts the empirical evidence in the literature. Estimation results suggest that an increase in the share of foreign banks leads to higher profitability, lower operational efficiency and higher loan loss provisioning of domestic private banks.

Foreign Banks and Financial Development - Foreign Bank Lending in CEE Countries Master thesis Anja Köthe Abstract The objective of this paper is to investigate the relation between foreign banks and financial development and to focus on foreign bank lending, in particular. The research focuses on four countries with a high share of foreign banks: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Using a dataset of 122 banks over a 10 year period from 2005 to 2015 a fixed effects panel regression models is used for an empirical analysis. Loan growth as a proxy for lending behaviour and credit stability is used as the dependent variable. The empirical models investigate the determinants of loan growth in foreign and domestic banks as well as the dependence of foreign bank subsidiaries on their parent banks. The regression results indicate that domestic banks are more dependent on local economic conditions and bank performance. Their credit supply depends more on their profitability, loan quality and domestic market share. Foreign bank subsidiaries, in contrast, exhibit greater independence from local economic conditions and also from subsidiary performance indicators such as profitability ratios. Instead their lending behaviour is significantly influenced by the financial characteristics of their parent banks.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:48:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vania Vieira Ramos.pdf: 3565329 bytes, checksum: 41f89b0eea4fb985e067c0ad56f80b3f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-23 / The interest rate is one of the main instruments of monetary policy for the control of the economy, especially for that countries, like Brazil, that use the Inflaction Target System. Brazil presents one of the world's highest interest rates. This hampers the development and the heating of the economy as a whole, as the credit takers, individuals and legal entities, especially those considered "good payers", feel discouraged to seek for financial institutions, because the charge to be paid at the end of a contract of credit is exorbitant. Moreover, the inertia of high interest rates of the Brazilian banking system led foreign banks with branches here, to the same behavior of domestic banks, and this behavior does not bring stimulus to the credit, as not brought competitiveness for the Brazilian banking sector. In this regard, this work tries to make a comparative study between high interest rates used in Brazil, by private domestic and foreign banks, and public national banks, with the latter, are financial institutions that have political, economic and social conditions to drive a significant drop in interest rates and stimulate development. The first chapter is the Theoretical Framework, it sought to understand the concept of economic development and its relationship with credit. The second chapter is a historical chapter on the interest rate practiced in Brazil from 1990 to 2010. This chapter, aimed to build a history of the Brazilian interest rate, making a comparison between the interest rates charged by major private banks (domestic and foreigners) - Bradesco, Itau, Banco Santander and HSBC in Brazil, U.S., Spain and England. In this same chapter we tried to investigate what the main impacts of the practice of high interest rates on the Brazilian economy. And at the end of this chapter, held a brief study of the legal issue behind the high interest rates in place in Brazil today. The third chapter is called: National Public Banks: Solutions with Subsidized Interest Rate and Microcredit, and seeks to understand the role of public banks in the lending scenario in Brazil. To this end, we evaluated case by case, the main role of public institutions providing credit. Among the key findings, we have that foreign banks has not pushed down the interest rate as was assumed when the financial openness. This role falls to the national public banks which, in the Brazilian context, possess sufficient market power to exert influence on the final interest rate and spread, thus ensuring the efficient transmission of monetary policy / A taxa de juros é um dos principais instrumentos de Política Monetária para controle da economia, principalmente para aqueles países, como o Brasil, que utilizam o regime de Metas de Inflação. O Brasil apresenta uma das maiores taxas de juros do mundo. Isso dificulta o desenvolvimento e o aquecimento da economia como um todo, na medida em que os tomadores de crédito, tanto pessoas físicas quanto pessoas jurídicas, principalmente, aqueles considerados bons pagadores , sentem-se desestimulados a procurar as instituições financeiras, pois o encargo a ser pago ao final de um contrato de operação de crédito é exorbitante. Ademais, a inércia de juros altos do sistema bancário brasileiro levou os bancos estrangeiros, com filiais aqui, ao mesmo comportamento dos bancos nacionais e esse comportamento não trouxe nem estímulo ao crédito e nem competitividade ao setor bancário brasileiro. Neste sentido, este trabalho busca fazer um estudo comparativo entre as altas taxas de juros praticadas no Brasil, pelos bancos nacionais e estrangeiros privados e os bancos nacionais públicos, sendo que estes últimos, são as instituições financeiras que têm condições políticas, econômicas e sociais de conduzir uma queda considerável na taxa de juros e estimular o desenvolvimento. O primeiro capítulo é o Referencial Teórico, nele procurou-se entender o conceito de desenvolvimento econômico e a sua relação com o crédito. O segundo capítulo é um capítulo histórico sobre a Taxa de Juros Praticada no Brasil de 1990 a 2010. Neste capítulo, buscou-se construir um histórico da taxa de juros brasileira, fazendo-se uma comparação entre as taxas de juros praticadas pelos principais bancos privados brasileiros (nacionais e estrangeiros) Bradesco, Itaú, Santander e HSBC no Brasil, nos EUA, na Espanha e na Inglaterra. Neste mesmo capítulo procurou-se investigar quais os principais impactos da prática de altas taxas de juros sobre o desenvolvimento econômico brasileiro. E no final deste capítulo, realizou-se um breve estudo sobre a questão jurídica por trás das altas taxas de juros em prática no Brasil na atualidade. O terceiro capítulo chama-se: Bancos Nacionais Públicos: Soluções com Taxa de Juros Subsidiada e Microcrédito, e procura entender o papel dos bancos públicos no cenário creditício brasileiro. Para tanto, avaliou-se caso a caso, o papel das principais instituições públicas fornecedoras de crédito. Entre as principais conclusões tem-se que os bancos estrangeiros não pressionaram para baixo a taxa de juros como foi suposto quando da abertura financeira. Este papel cabe aos bancos públicos que, no contexto brasileiro, possuem poder de mercado suficiente para exercer influência sobre a taxa de juros final e o spread, garantindo portanto a eficiência na transmissão da política monetária

This dissertation examines the hitherto neglected role foreign, and specifically German, bankers played in the Chinese economy and the history of modern economic globalisation in China during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By following the history of the German Deutsch-Asiatische Bank (DAB) during the last two decades of the Qing dynasty and the first years of the Chinese republic, this dissertation shows how the interaction between foreign bankers and Chinese officials, bankers and entrepreneurs led to the rapid internationalisation of Chinese finance, both in terms of public finance and the banking sector of China’s treaty port economy. Unlike most previous literature, which only depicts foreign banks in modern China as mere manifestations of foreign imperialism, this dissertation demonstrates that foreign banks acted as intermediary institutions that financially connected China to the first global economy and provided the financial infrastructure necessary to make modern economic globalisation in China during the late 19th and early 20th centuries possible. At the same time, this dissertation stresses the importance of Chinese agency for the operation of foreign banks in China’s treaty ports and shows that the interaction between foreign bankers and Chinese actors was made up as much of cooperation as of conflict. In sum, this dissertation not only furthers our knowledge of the role foreign banks played in the modern Chinese economy, but also contributes to our understanding of how China was financially integrated into the first global economy.

Cette thèse étudie les systèmes bancaires africains et se concentre tout particulièrement sur la question de l’actionnariat bancaire et de ses impacts. Le premier chapitre étudie l’efficience de coût. Les banques étrangères sont plus efficientes que les banques domestiques et les banques panafricaines sont les banques les plus efficientes du continent. Le second chapitre étudie la cyclicité des portefeuilles de prêt. La croissance des prêts des banques africaines est sensible à l’évolution de la croissance du PIB par habitant. Les banques panafricaines ont une croissance des prêts moins cyclique. La croissance des prêts des banques étrangères est sensible à l’évolution de la croissance dans leur pays d’origine. Les chapitres trois et quatre étudient l’inclusion financière. La probabilité d’être inclus financièrement augmente lorsque l’individu est de sexe masculin, a un revenu plus élevé, une éducation plus importante, et est plus âgé jusqu’à un certain seuil. La présence des banques panafricaines augmente l’accès au crédit des entreprises. Les banques panafricaines augmenteraient aussi l’inclusion financière des ménages, mais ce résultat est moins robuste. La conclusion générale de cette thèse souligne le rôle nouveau et bénéfique que jouent les banques panafricaines sur le continent. Ces jeunes institutions financières augmentent l’efficience de coût, diminuent la cyclicité des portefeuilles de prêt, et améliorent l’inclusion financière. / This dissertation studies African financial systems with a focus on bank ownership. Chapter one studies cost efficiency. Foreign banks are more efficient than domestic banks, and Pan-African banks are the most efficient banks on the continent. Chapter two analyses lending procyclicality. Lending growth of African banks is sensitive to the GDP per capita growth. Pan-African banks have a less pro-cyclical lending behaviour. Lending growth of African foreign banks is sensitive to GDP per capita growth in their home country. Chapter three and four study financial inclusion. Being male, wealthier, more educated and older to a certain extent increases the likelihood to be financially included. Pan-African banks presence increases firms’ access to credit. Pan-African banks would also increase households’ financial inclusion, but such result is less robust.The general conclusion of this dissertation underlines the new, beneficial role Pan-African banks play on the continent. These young financial institutions increase cost efficiency, reduce cyclicality of lending and improve financial inclusion.

金融業健全與否對於一國之經濟發展關係密切，近年來本國銀行積極朝海外市場發展。本文從金融全球化的角度探討國際化對我國銀行業經營績效之影響，首先，根據統計資料分別檢視我國銀行業國際化程度與外資銀行進入程度，其次，利用多元迴歸分析法探討2005-2013年本國銀行國際化與外資銀行進入程度對我國銀行整體財務績效之影響，最後，進一步分析國際化策略之不同是否會造成銀行間之績效差異，以下為本文研究結果： 分別從海外分支機構占總機構比例、海外資產占總資產比例、海外收益占總收益比例三個面向檢視我國銀行業國際化程度，可以發現除了海外收益比率呈現先下滑後上升之外，基本上近十年來是呈現穩定成長的趨勢，至2014年底為止，我國銀行之國際化程度分別為10.4%、17.5%、19.3%。在外資銀行進入程度方面，同樣從外資銀行分支機構占國內銀行總機構比例、外資銀行資產占總資產比例、外資銀行收益占總收益比例三個面向檢視，至2013年底為止，外資銀行進入程度分別為4.7%、14%、13.5%。整體而言並不算太高。 在本國銀行國際化方面，研究結果顯示三種國際化變數FSTS、FATA、OSTS對於ROA、ROE皆呈現顯著正相關；外資銀行進入程度方面，FATA2、OSTS2對於ROA、ROE皆呈現顯著正相關。表示國際化確實對於我國銀行之財務績效有正面助益。最後進一步分析國際化策略差異之影響，發現採用攻擊型國際化策略之銀行績效顯著高於防禦型國際化策略之銀行，唯邊際效果並不顯著，因此建議銀行業可積極採取至具高成長潛力的海外國家設立據點的國際化策略。 / The robustness of the financial sector is usually closely related to a country’s economic development. In recent years, domestic banks have proactively expanded into overseas markets. This study investigates the influence of internationalization on the performance of Taiwan’s banking sector in terms of financial globalization. First, the degree of internationalization of Taiwan’s banking industry and the extent of foreign bank entry will separately examined on the basis of statistical data. Next, the effects of the domestic banks’ internationalization and foreign banks entry on overall financial performance of Taiwan banks from 2005-2013 will be evaluated by applying the multiple regression analysis. Finally, a further analysis on whether the various internationalization strategies will lead to different performance among the banks will be conducted. The results of this study are as follows: The degree of internationalization of Taiwan’s banking sector is explored from the following aspects: the proportion of oversea branches, the ratios of oversea assets, and the percentage of oversea revenues. The results show that there has been a steady growth of oversea branches and assets in the past decade except oversea revenues that declined initially but rose later. The degree of internationalization of Taiwan’s banking sector was 10.4%, 17.5%, 19.3% respectively by the end of 2014. Similarly, the degree of foreign bank entry is inspected from the following aspects: the proportion of foreign bank branches, the ratios of foreign bank assets, and the percentage of foreign bank revenues. The percentage of foreign banks entry was 4.7%, 14%, 13.5% by the end of 2013. Overall, this rate is not too high. When it comes to domestic banks’ internalization, the results demonstrate that three variables FSTS, FATA, and OSTS are significantly positively correlated with ROA, and ROE. As for the foreign bank entry level, FATA2, OSTS2 are significantly positively correlated with ROA and ROE. This indicates that globalization does have a positive effect on the financial performance of Taiwan’s banks. Finally, as far as the further analysis of internationalization strategies is concerned, it is found that banks with offensive approaches have significantly higher performance than those with defensive approaches. However, the marginal effect is not significant. Thus, it is recommended that the banking industry can adopt an aggressive internationalization strategy to establish overseas branches in countries which have a high growth potential.

The disclosure of information about the policy making process and the release of new databases may add relevant information about the exchange rate to guide the public's expectation, but may also mislead it. Asymmetric information also reinforces the importance of the learning process for policy makers and financial markets. This dissertation focuses on the role of information in the political economics of exchange rates. The two first chapters provide empirical studies of how access to information shapes and constraints the choice of exchange rate policy (official statement and implemented policy). The last chapter considers the question of whether international banks learn from their previous crisis experiences and reduce their lending to developing countries as a result of a financial crisis. It focuses on the experience accumulated with past financial crises. / Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

The brand equity concept is one of the most significant concepts for branding and marketing and its model and measurement have interested many academics and practitioners. Most of the research on brand equity has focused on physical goods, with a dearth of studies on the service sector in general and particularly in the banking sector. The dearth of research in this area appears paradox as branding could be argued to play a distinctive role particularly in the service sector. This is because strong brands increase consumers' trust of the imperceptible purchase and reduce their perceived monetary, social, or safety risk in buying services, which are difficult to evaluate prior to purchase and for which it sometimes takes a long time after purchase to confirm the brand promise. Consequently, many scholars have called for an investigation of brand equity in the service sector. In addition, most of the research on brand equity has focused on developed countries which would suggest a regional focus on developing countries. To sum up, despite the importance of brand equity in the service sector, there is lack of empirical evidence in the service sector in general and specifically in the banking sector, particularly for developing economies. Furthermore, there is lack of studies that examined and compared service brand equity across bank type (local public, local private and foreign banks) to provide a benchmark especially for foreign banks. Contributing to scholarly attempts to fill the gaps in the brand equity literature. this thesis examines consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) in the Egyptian banking sector in general and based on each bank type: public, private and foreign. In addition, the study aims to find out the similarities and differences on brand equity based on bank type. The regional context of the study is Egypt As the largest Arab country and the entry point for the Middle East and Africa Egypt appeared to be of high practical relevance and be a suitable regional research context. Unlike previous researches, a mixed method approach was employed to achieve the research aims. Qualitative data was used to triangulate the quantitative data and gaining a richer understanding of the quantitative findings. Four hundred and sixty-eight self-administered questionnaires were collected by offline and online modes, and 14 semi-structured face-to-face interviews provided details about how consumers perceived consumer-based brand equity in Egyptian banking. Data was analysed using SPSS19. Different types of statistical applications were used, such as descriptive analysis, factor analysis and multiple regressions. Content analysis using NVivo10 software was used to analyse the interview data. The main findings reveal that CBBE is applicable in the Egyptian banking sector. The results show that brand awareness, reliable staff, brand association and brand loyalty are the most effective variables on overall value of brand equity in the Egyptian banking sector, while within public banks, reliable staff, brand association and brand loyalty have the most influence on the overall value of brand equity. However, private and foreign banks share the same variables which affect the overall value of brand equity; these variables are brand awareness, brand loyalty and brand personality. The findings reveal that there is a significant difference between public banks and private and foreign banks; however, there is no significant difference between private and foreign banks. The qualitative findings support and add meaning to the quantitative results. The current research contributes to knowledge in the field of service brand equity research and extend our understanding in developing economics and adding to the debate on the area of brand equity. Furthermore, it contributes methodologically by using mixed methods and mixed modes (offline and online). In addition, the study overcomes the limitations of previous studies in three ways. Firstly, different types of brand association were incorporated and real consumers were approached rather than relying on students’ samples. Secondly, perceived quality was measured using the SERVPERF scale, providing a more comprehensive quality measure than many studies. Thirdly, the data were collected from Egypt, which as a developing country establishes an underresearched regional context. Therefore, as is the case in many developing countries, there were many challenges involved in the data collection process. Based on the results, the study provides a number of pratical contributions: It offers a manageable scale ‘‘tool kit'' for managers in the banking sector, regardless of type of bank, to create, maintain and improve their brand equity. It also provides guidelines that public, private and foreign banks could use to compare their performance with competitors. The study emphasizes the importance of building and developing brand awearness for private and foreign banks. As the service encounter is the “moment of truth” and is one of the most important determinants of brand equity, public banks should place more emphasis on their internal branding as well as on external consumers. Top management should invest in cultivating their brand values to their employees, particularly front-line employees, as they will deliver them to consumers through the service encounter. Another interesting finding with practical relevance was that although the majority of banks in Egypt has online banking services, most of the study respondents did not use them, therefore they might be well advised to collaborate with the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to organise a campaign to cultivate trust in the country’s online banking infrastructure and promote the advantages of using it. Online banking could be one of the solutions to overcrowding and long queues in public banks and improve the quality of the service provided which will lead to consumers’ satisfaction and increase the level of brand equity. Most consumers of public banks perceived their banks as the only secure banks guaranteed by the Egyptian government. Similarly to promoting the use of online banking, there is a need to develop a better public awareness of the role of the CBE in supervising all banks in Egypt regardless of their type. This will ensure fair and equal opportunities for all banks, which will foster real competition and hence is argued to affect the quality of the service provided. Despite the research achieved its planned objectives, as any social research, it has certain constraints and limitations. These limitations could offer opportunities for future research to address. Firstly, due the lack of detailed information about the study population, this research used a convenience sample of induvadul commercial bank consumers in the Greater Cairo. Future research could employ probability sampling if possible. Moreover, future studies could cover more cities in Egypt, not only the Greater Cairo area (even though the focus on this area has been discussed and justified in the thesis). Secondly, although the importance of CBBE has been analysed mainly from a consumer perspective it might be useful to examine service brand equity from the points of view of employees (managers and front-line) in banks in order to gain a better and comprehensive understanding from both perspectives. Thirdly, while this study examined and compared CBBE in diffrent bank types (public, private and foreign) in Egypt. It is suggested that a comparison could be made based on the top bank in each types, as this could give more specific recommendations for these banks. Fourthly, due to limitations of time and funds, future reseach could examine and compare CBBE in different services sectors and in different countries. Fifthly, this study focused on commercial banks in Egypt in general without distinguish between Islamic and conventional banks. Therefore, future research could carefully distinguish between Islamic and conventional banks and compare CBBE across them to gain a better understanding of the differences and similarities. Sixthly, it could be worth comparing the CBBE of foreign banks when they operate overseas (e.g., Barclays Bank and HSBC).

臺灣於1990年放寬銀行設立的限制後，本國銀行和外商銀行的數目快速增加，使得金融市場更加競爭，因此銀行的經營績效是個重要的議題，銀行可透過績效的評估結果找出可能的改善方向。本國銀行與外商銀行的進入條件、經營形態、銀行制度等因素可能使得兩種類型的銀行生產技術有所不同，因此本研究採用全域共同邊界法研究37家本國銀行與20家外商銀行在2005-2015年間效率與生產力的分析，並採用變動規模的方式拆解Malmquist生產力指數，使得生產力變動來源能更精準地衡量。最後使用Tobit迴歸分析找出影響銀行技術效率、最佳實務差距和技術差距比率之因素。 / Since Taiwan relaxed the restriction of setting up a bank in early 1990s, the number of both domestic and foreign banks in Taiwan had increased rapidly. This leads to the result that the financial market become more competitive. Consequently, the performance of bank is an important issue. It can be used to find some way for improvement. Due to the different entry conditions, types of operating system and bank systems between domestic and foreign banks, this paper uses global metafrontier approach to research the efficiency and productivity change of 37 domestic banks and 20 foreign banks during 2005-2015 in Taiwan. Furthermore, this research adopts VRS to decompose Malmquist productivity indexes, which makes the sources of the productivity change can be measured more accurately. Finally, Tobit regression analysis is used to investigate the factors accounting for the differences in technical efficiency, best practice gap and technology gap.

本文選取六個東南亞國家(泰國、印尼、菲律賓、柬埔寨、越南、馬來西亞)中105家本土以及外資銀行的財報資料，樣本期間為2005年至2013年，唯各國之研究期間不相同，是為不平衡追蹤資料的研究模型。本文期望藉由多元迴歸分析探討兩個問題:(一) 外資銀行占比的提升(下降)對於本土銀行獲利能力的影響；(二)外資銀行之績效是否顯著優於(劣於)本土銀行。 本研究的實證結論可歸納如下：(一)外資銀行的資產占比與本土銀行的資產報酬率(ROA)與股東權益報酬率(ROE)呈顯著負相關，與淨利息收益率(NIM)則呈顯著正相關；(二)外資銀行的淨利息收益率顯著優於本土銀行，資產報酬率和股東權益報酬率皆沒有顯著的差異；(三)在研究外資銀行占比的提升(下降)對於本土銀行獲利能力的影響時，自變數採用外資銀行家數占比結果較採用外資銀行資產占比不顯著。 / Using data from both country and bank level in 6 Southeast Asia Countries from 2005 to 2013, this paper examines the performance of foreign and domestic banks. The structure of data is unbalanced panel data. Our goal is to know whether the share of foreign banks impacts the performance of local banks, and whether foreign banks outperform or underperform local banks. By regression analysis, we conclude that foreign banks asset share is negatively correlated with domestic banks’ ROA and ROE, but positively correlated with domestic banks’ NIM. Furthermore, foreign banks outperform domestic banks in terms of NIM, while there is no significant difference between foreign and domestic banks in terms of ROA and ROE. We also find that when measuring the impact of foreign banks share, foreign banks asset share is more significant than foreign banks number share.