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Growth-Financial Intermediation Nexus in China
Yu Wen LIN
Irakliy LOBZHANIDZE
Sonja MARDESIC
Axel VALENSI
Reinder WOUDSTRA
17 November 2010
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Introduction
The growth/financial development nexus
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China's system of financial intermediationEvidence from provincial data
Conclusions
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Context in brief
Growth rates and per capita income differs substantially across
Chinese provinces.Coastal provinces tend to growth much faster than the interior
ones.
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Coastal provinces are the ones with the highest relative degreeof non state sector involvement in the economy.
Almost two-thirds of domestic bank credits goes to state sector.
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How does the non state sector finance its rapid growth?
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What are the main features of Chinassystem of Financial Intermediation at
the national level, and how does it
compare with other similar countries?
Questions
Questions and Findings
While the level of financialintermediation in China is relativelyhigh, its generally viewed as inefficient
at converting financial recourses into
productive investments. Non state
Main findings
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Do i ering egrees o inancia systemsdevelopment across Chinas provinces
help explain differences in growth
performance? How has Chinas growth
been financed?
What policy implications flow from the
empirical results, especially as they
pertain Chinas financial sector reform
program?
sec ors usua y nance y emse ves
rather than from bank sector or capitalmarkets
Financial system development in fast-growing provinces is much lower than in
less developed ones.
Explanation of interprovincial growthdifferences lies in non state sector
credits.
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Introduction
The growth financial development nexus
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China's system of financial intermediationEvidence from provincial data
Conclusions
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How does financial intermediation affect growth?
It can increase the marginal productivity of capital by
collecting information to evaluate investment projects and
by risk sharing.
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It can raise the proportion of savings channelled toinvestment via financial development.
It can raise the private savings rate.
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Theoretical studies on financial development
Liquid liabilities of the financial system to-GDP
Between growth and indicators of financial development.
Cross-country differences in financial development explain a
significant part of cross-country differences of average growthrates
Goldsmith (1969)McKinnnon (1973)Shaw (1973)
Positive relation growth &
financial development
Indicators chosen for testing
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Ratio: bank credit/ bank credit+bank domestic assets Ratio: private credit/ domestic credit
Ratio: private credit/ GDP
Appropriate measurement of financial development
Direction of causality financial development-growth Bank based or security based superior for growth?
Both sources of finance are important, as well as strong legaland regulatory system
King and Levine (1993)Levine (1997)
Levine (1999) and others
Outstanding issues in literature
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Introduction
The growth financial development nexus
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China's system of financial intermediationEvidence from provincial data
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China's system of financial intermediation
The bank deposit base is very largeFinancial Intermediation in China is largely bank-
based and dominated by four state commercial
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Resources intermediated through bank lending have
been misallocated
Non state sectors has been the most dynamic part ofthe economy
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Indicators of financial development
China India Korea JapanUnited
States
High-Income
Countries
Medium-Income
Countries
Low-Income
Countries
Private sector credit/GDP 40.0 24.1 112.5 65.1 76.7 121.8 41.1 59.6
Deposit money bank
domestic asset/total 80.0 77.3 93.5 87.9 90.2 - - -
In percent, averages over 1993-2000
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M2/GDP 121.7 47.5 113.3 48.0 59.1 - 39.3 73.5
Stock market
capitalization/GDP14.1 32.4 32.7 67.8 112.6 81.4 35.4 20.5
Growth in real GDP per
capita8.9 4.8 3.5 0.8 2.5 1.7 1.0 5.2
FDI/GDP 4.8 0.5 0.6 0.1 1.4 1.1 1.8 3.1
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Introduction
The growth financial development nexus
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China's system of financial intermediationEvidence from provincial data
Conclusions
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The level of financial developmenthas not played a key role in Chinese
economic growth
Bank loans go mainly to provinces
Findings
Indicative results from provincial data
Loan-to-GDP ratio is lower inprovinces with above average GDP
growth and vice versa
Provinces with above average level
Empirical results
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with many SOEs and low growthrate which means low level of
productivity
SOEs kept intentionally inefficientto limit the social cost of transition
Private sector rely mostly on FDIsand internal savings
experienced lower growth.
Loan-to-GDP ratio is higher inprovinces with above average
concentration of SOEs
Profit-to-GDP ratios is higher inprovinces with above average GDP
growth
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Main results from provincial data
Banking Credit in the faster growing provinces is lower than
in slower growing provinces
Most of bank credits are destined for State-OwnedEnterprises. But Non state bank credit has a significant
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in luence on growthRelevant role of Foreign Direct Investments in Chinas
growth process
Low impact of financial development on domesticinvestment but influence of nonstate banks on productivity
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Introduction
The growth financial development nexus
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China's system of financial intermediationEvidence from provincial data
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Impact on Chinas growth
Financial development (proxied by total bank lending) has
not influenced on growth among Chinas provinces
Non state credit has had a significant impact on growth.
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Nonbank sources o inance i.e. FDI have played asignificant role in financing Chinas growth.
Enterprise internal savings have also financed Chinas
growth
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Implications for Chinas financial system reform
Higher proportion of savings should be channeled to Nonstate sector1
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adoption of market-based principles
The non state sectors access to equity and debt financing
should be enhanced.
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Thank you for your attention!
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Do you think China will ever catch up (GDP per
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capita wit t e West I yes, in w ic term
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What do you think will happen if China
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continues t e way it oes
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If the Banking system and the allocation of
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hard time in the future to continue its current
growth.