劉, 旭東, 門, 闖
大阪産業大学経済論集 23(1) 41-59 2021年11月30日 査読有り
In this study, we argue the relationship between interest rate liberalization and the profitability of banks in China. Using a novel dataset collected from Chinese commercial banks annual reports 2007-2019, this study shows that the improvement of interest rate liberalization has not affected the profitability of banks. We found that the increase in the degree of market competition leads to a decrease in the profit. However, in the early stage of interest rate liberalization, less competition pressure was not a big challenge, where the progress in marketization contributed to the profitability of banks. In addition, when banks were divided into three types, namely, joint-stock, city, and rural commercial banks, we found that the pressure from liberalization was concentrated on small and medium-sized commercial banks. Furthermore, as a response to market competition, non-interest income to diversify revenue sources has not contributed to improving the profitability of banks.