Multinational Banks and Efficiency: What Makes a Difference? An Australian Study
40 Pages Posted: 20 Aug 2007
Date Written: August 20, 2007
Abstract
This study examines the factors that determine difference in efficiency of foreign bank in the host market (Australia). The impact of home market, host market and parent bank characteristics are considered within the frameworks offered by comparative advantage and new trade theories. Parametric distance functions are used to estimate the efficiency of foreign banks in Australia, and the robustness of model specification is tested using both general to specific modelling and extreme bounds analysis. It is found that following clients reduces the efficiency of profit creation. Incumbent bank's market share acts as a barrier to entry, while parent bank profits do not improve host nation efficiency. The limited global advantage hypothesis was found to be relevant for banks from the United Kingdom, while banks from the United States were generally less efficient.
Keywords: Foreign bank efficiency, distance functions, extreme bounds analysis, barriers to entry, following clients
JEL Classification: G15, G21, C15, C52
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