Painful Transitions: The Impact of Economic Growth and Government Policies on Hong Kong's 'Chinese' Banks, 1945-70

26 Pages Posted: 22 Aug 2007 Last revised: 9 Aug 2022

Date Written: November 1, 2006

Abstract

This working paper was written by Leo F. Goodstadt (University of Dublin).

Hong Kong's Chinese banks survived the loss in 1949 of their traditional role in serving the trade and currency needs of Mainland clients and the restrictions imposed on the local gold market. But they allowed foreign banks to overtake them in financing the new manufacturing sector in Hong Kong. Using unpublished archival material, this paper traces how official banking policies encouraged them to cling to their traditional business model until forced to change by a collapse in the property market.

Suggested Citation

Institute for Monetary and Financial Research, Hong Kong, Painful Transitions: The Impact of Economic Growth and Government Policies on Hong Kong's 'Chinese' Banks, 1945-70 (November 1, 2006). Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR) Research Paper WP No. 16/2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1008733 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1008733

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