Does Foreign Bank Entry Contribute to Financial Depth?: Examining the Role of Income Thresholds

47 Pages Posted: 19 May 2015

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Sasidaran Gopalan

Institute for Emerging Market Studies and Institute for Advanced Study

Date Written: February 5, 2015

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between foreign bank entry and financial depth for 57 emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) over 1995-2009. Using various measures of financial depth, the paper also explores the degree to which the relationship between foreign bank entry and financial sector deepening varies by different income thresholds of EMDEs. The empirical findings suggest that while foreign banks positively further financial depth, the marginal effects of foreign bank entry diminish over time with greater levels of economic development. That is, the impact of foreign bank entry tends to become smaller as the per-capita income of the country rises.

Keywords: foreign bank entry, financial depth, financial development, income thresholds

JEL Classification: F21, G00, G21, O16

Suggested Citation

Gopalan, Sasidaran, Does Foreign Bank Entry Contribute to Financial Depth?: Examining the Role of Income Thresholds (February 5, 2015). HKUST IEMS Working Paper No. 2015-05, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2607412 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2607412

Sasidaran Gopalan (Contact Author)

Institute for Emerging Market Studies and Institute for Advanced Study ( email )

Clear Water Bay
Kowloon
Hong Kong

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