Arbeitspapier

Politicians' promotion incentives and bank risk exposure in China

This paper shows that politicians' pressure to climb the career ladder increases bank risk exposure in their region. Chinese local politicians are set growth targets in their region that are relative to each other. Growth is stimulated by debt-financed programs which are mainly financed via bank loans. The stronger the performance pressure the riskier the respective local bank exposure becomes. This effect holds for local banks which are under some control of local politicians, it has increased with the release of stimulus packages requiring local co-financing and it is stronger if politicians hold chairmen positions in bank boards.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 1771

Classification
Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Pension Funds; Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
State and Local Borrowing
Subject
Bank Lending
Bank Risk Exposure
Local Politicians
Promotion Pressure

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Wang, Li
Menkhoff, Lukas
Schröder, Michael
Xu, Xian
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2018

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Wang, Li
  • Menkhoff, Lukas
  • Schröder, Michael
  • Xu, Xian
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Time of origin

  • 2018

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